Posted on 01/21/2025 12:32:32 PM PST by mbrfl
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. Capital punishment is an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens. Before, during, and after the founding of the United States, our cities, States, and country have continuously relied upon capital punishment as the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes. Our Founders knew well that only capital punishment can bring justice and restore order in response to such evil. For this and other reasons, capital punishment continues to enjoy broad popular support.
Yet for too long, politicians and judges who oppose capital punishment have defied and subverted the laws of our country. At every turn, they seek to thwart the execution of lawfully imposed capital sentences and choose to enforce their personal beliefs rather than the law. When President Biden took office in 2021, he allowed his Department of Justice to issue a moratorium on Federal executions, in defiance of his duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States that provide for capital punishment. And on December 23, 2024, President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 most vile and sadistic rapists, child molesters, and murderers on Federal death row: remorseless criminals who brutalized young children, strangled and drowned their victims, and hunted strangers for sport. He commuted their sentences even though the laws of our Nation have always protected victims by applying capital punishment to barbaric acts like theirs. Judges who oppose capital punishment have likewise disregarded the law by falsely claiming that capital punishment is unconstitutional, even though the Constitution explicitly acknowledges the legality of capital punishment.
These efforts to subvert and undermine capital punishment defy the laws of our nation, make a mockery of justice, and insult the victims of these horrible crimes. The Government’s most solemn responsibility is to protect its citizens from abhorrent acts, and my Administration will not tolerate efforts to stymie and eviscerate the laws that authorize capital punishment against those who commit horrible acts of violence against American citizens.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to ensure that the laws that authorize capital punishment are respected and faithfully implemented, and to counteract the politicians and judges who subvert the law by obstructing and preventing the execution of capital sentences.
Sec. 3. Federal Capital Punishment. (a) The Attorney General shall pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use.
(b) In addition to pursuing the death penalty where possible, the Attorney General shall, where consistent with applicable law, pursue Federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty regardless of other factors for every federal capital crime involving:
(i) The murder of a law-enforcement officer; or
(ii) A capital crime committed by an alien illegally present in this country.
The Attorney General shall encourage State attorneys general and district attorneys to bring State capital charges for all capital crimes with special attention to the crimes described in Subsections (i) and (ii), regardless of whether the federal trial results in a capital sentence.
(d) The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to modify the Justice Manual based on the policy and purpose set forth in this Executive Order.
(e) The Attorney General shall evaluate the places of imprisonment and conditions of confinement for each of the 37 murderers whose Federal death sentences were commuted by President Biden, and the Attorney General shall take all lawful and appropriate action to ensure that these offenders are imprisoned in conditions consistent with the monstrosity of their crimes and the threats they pose. The Attorney General shall further evaluate whether these offenders can be charged with State capital crimes and shall recommend appropriate action to state and local authorities.
Sec. 4. Preserving Capital Punishment in the States. (a) The Attorney General shall take all necessary and lawful action to ensure that each state that allows capital punishment has a sufficient supply of drugs needed to carry out lethal injection.
(b) The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to approve or deny any pending request for certification made by any State under 28 U.S.C. 2265.
Sec. 5. Seeking The Overruling of Supreme Court Precedents That Hinder Capital Punishment. The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court precedents that limit the authority of State and Federal governments to impose capital punishment.
Sec. 6. Prosecuting Crime to Protect Communities. (a) The Attorney General shall appropriately prioritize public safety and the prosecution of violent crime, and take all appropriate action necessary to dismantle transnational criminal activity in the United States.
(b) To ensure the fullest protection of American communities from violence, the Attorney General shall encourage state attorneys general and district attorneys to adopt policies and practices aligned with subsection (a). Federal law enforcement should coordinate with State and local law enforcement where possible to facilitate these objectives.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 20, 2025.
GOOD
Take out the trash.
All praise to God.
This provision is particularly noteworthy:
(e) The Attorney General shall evaluate the places of imprisonment and conditions of confinement for each of the 37 murderers whose Federal death sentences were commuted by President Biden, and the Attorney General shall take all lawful and appropriate action to ensure that these offenders are imprisoned in conditions consistent with the monstrosity of their crimes and the threats they pose. The Attorney General shall further evaluate whether these offenders can be charged with State capital crimes and shall recommend appropriate action to state and local authorities.
Preferable within 40 days of being found Guilty, not 40 years.
I have reservations about bloated, corrupt, woke Fed.gov having the power of the death penalty.
Remember, this is a government which rounded up THOUSANDS of people just for being in DC on Jan 6, even folks who never left their hotels.
Woke leftists in DC are at WAR with conservatives, patriots, Christians, traditionalists and anyone not aligned with the marxist agenda. 10 years from now, what will they be willing to do if they get back into power?
I am in favor of states using it.
I noticed Trump has been walking with a little sway lately. Must be the brass he has to drag around.
Does this mean all those commutations of the death penalties are now revoked?
The left will find a way to abuse any power that they control. Rather than deny the federal government the exercise of legitimate powers, such as seeking the death penalty for the most heinous of crimes, we’d be better off focusing on making sure authoritarians are never in control our government again (which is exactly what we did this past November).
No, but it sets policy going forward. It also directs the DOJ to ensure that those pardoned receive the most restrictive and secure confinement possible (i.e. solitary confinement, etc.). Additionally it directs the DOJ to investigate whether state capital charges can be pursued for their crimes and if so, to encourage states to pursue such prosecutions.
Good. Thank you.
Who the hell “hunted strangers for sport” ??
Wait, you don’t?<p?
/HEAVY SARCASM & Gallows humor
Polar bear hunters, and people who shoved others off of train platforms into oncoming trains, for two types of offenders, off the top of my head.
The next four years of these murderers lives might be a living hell. And I do not feel sorry for them.
The fact a Myrtle Beach area bank robber who shot two employees of a bank, killing them, charged with federal crimes for the bank heist and murders, sentenced to lethal injection, were commuted to life and potentially eventual freedom because of the Left’s idea that there should be no punishment for heinous crimes is a statement that the Left has pushed SJW’s for their justice ideals.
We need to reinstate Old Sparky in Terre Haute for criminals.
Recently, the pastor at my church said there is nothing in the Bible against capital punishment. I don't think I've ever heard such a direct statement from a pulpit.
He said the Bible is against murder, but that execution is not murder, but is instead punishment. He said God forgives and saves, but there are consequences for actions. God forgives, but need not allow prisoners to escape punishment if they turn to God. Perhaps that last line is due to the fact that humans cannot know the true heart of others - only God knows that.
I understand different faiths have different answers. I don't assume that all of my faith (Bible believing Christians) would agree with me. I don't intend to debate these comments; I am looking at what President Trump has said, the fact that he pleged on January 20, 2025, in a Presidential order, to support the law of the land, in this case capital punishment.
The President had referred to capital punishment in his first term. I recall watching a video in which President Trump was speaking outdoors at a stadium. He said other countries have the death penalty for those who sell drugs. The crowd recoiled. He said in a recent press conference that he had destroyed another boat transporting drugs from Venezuela to America, killing the 3 men on board, because if the drugs were distrubted in the United States it would kill approximately 25,000 Americans.
From his 1/20/2025 Presidential order:
"Yet for too long, politicians and judges who oppose capital punishment have defied and subverted the laws of our country. At every turn, they seek to thwart the execution of lawfully imposed capital sentences and choose to enforce their personal beliefs rather than the law. When President Biden took office in 2021, he allowed his Department of Justice to issue a moratorium on Federal executions, in defiance of his duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States that provide for capital punishment.
And on December 23, 2024, President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 most vile and sadistic rapists, child molesters, and murderers on Federal death row: remorseless criminals who brutalized young children, strangled and drowned their victims, and hunted strangers for sport. He commuted their sentences even though the laws of our Nation have always protected victims by applying capital punishment to barbaric acts like theirs. Judges who oppose capital punishment have likewise disregarded the law by falsely claiming that capital punishment is unconstitutional, even though the Constitution explicitly acknowledges the legality of capital punishment."
I believe the President's order reflects the intention to punish those who, for example, prey on children, profit (e.g., drug running) at the expense of American lives, or commit treason against the United States by selling State secrets and influence to foreign enemies.
I believe these are among the strategies President Trump's administration will employ to root out the evil that years of Democrat policies (and Presidents) have planted deep in our society. The newly renamed Department of War is another step toward keeping the Bidens, the Obamas and others from coming so close to destroying our country, our people and freedom itself. I believe our nation's children, will be safer than we have been for many many years.
It is Sunday, and I am grateful to God for sparing Trump's life and leading us out of the corruption and division fomented by those who hate God first, and His creation next. Prayers up for all those across the world fighting to regain their freedom from Tyranny; may God protect them, lead them and bless them.
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