New methods of execution are also criticized –
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Until Biden’s inauguration, four people are to be executed on the orders of the Trump administration.
12.12.2020
© SAUL LOEB, AFP
Until Biden’s inauguration, four people are to be executed on the orders of the Trump administration.
12.12.2020
Photo: SAUL LOEB, AFP
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But not only the high number of “Executions” makes you sit up and take notice, the tacit change in guidelines by the Justice Department shows the attitude of the Trump administration. In addition to the injection of a poison cocktail, gassing and shooting should be allowed again from now on. A spokesman for “president-elect” Joe Biden said that he was against the death penalty and would try everything to reverse these new rules.
Patriotism and Protests: The Pictures of the 2020 US Election
Long queues in front of the polling stations, special hygiene regulations and protests: many Americans cast their votes for incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden in the polling stations. It took several days for a winner to be determined, and the counting in some key states dragged on. Protests broke out in Washington, and the White House was closely guarded and sealed off.
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In a number of states, too, poison injection is no longer the sole method of execution. Since the purchase of the individual chemicals for the deadly cocktail has become increasingly difficult, states such as Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have again agreed to the gassing of death row inmates. In Florida those sentenced to death may be executed on the electric chair, in Washington State they can be hanged. In Utah, detainees who committed their offense prior to 2004 can be killed by firing squad at “their own choice”.
Shootings and gas: Trump wants to allow additional methods of execution
The most recent changes to the federal execution procedure in the United States are the result of an extensive investigation into an unsuccessful execution in Oklahoma in 2014. At that time, President Barack Obama ordered that the execution protocols be redefined. In the summer of this year, Attorney General William Barr announced that the investigation had been concluded and that he had come to the conclusion that other ways of execution were now also being sought.
Donald Trump: A US President like no one before him
On January 20, 2017, real estate billionaire Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States. It has long been clear: the USA has never had such a president. There is always show and self-praise, while mistakes are always the responsibility of others. And in substance: demolishing what his predecessors in office built up over 70 years of American foreign policy.
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The future of the death penalty in the US remains uncertain. The mood is turning, but many politicians and large sections of the population are sticking to the maximum sentence, including the Evangelicals in the USA, who are calling for a strict interpretation of the prosecution. President Donald Trump is an advocate of the death penalty, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, on the other hand, have clearly spoken out against the maximum penalty.
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