US EditionTrump promises 'mandatory death penalty' for cop killers after pardoning J6 rioters who….attacked cops
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Legal Experts Explain How Trump Might Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters
President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to pardon many participants charged in the Jan. 6 riot. Experts and those involved in the event explain what it would take for Trump to follow through on that promise. Photo Illustration: REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo/Carol Guzy/ZUMA Wire
Trump promises 'mandatory death penalty' for cop killers after pardoning J6 rioters who….attacked cops
Judges need wiggle room when it comes to sentencing. Each case is different from the next and has mitigating and aggravating circumstances that must be taken into account if justice is to be served. And when the price of making the wrong call is the state executing an innocent? Well, if the death penalty is on the table you’d better be sure beyond any reasonable doubt. So it’s disquieting that, in his presidential address to Congress, Donald Tru…
President Donald Trump has called on Congress to pass legislation that would introduce the death penalty for those who kill police officers. Earlier, he signed an executive order encouraging the U.S. attorney general to seek the maximum sentence in such cases.
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