{"id":11135,"date":"2025-01-21T09:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11135"},"modified":"2025-01-21T09:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:45:39","slug":"executive-order-on-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11135","title":{"rendered":"Executive Order on Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among the torrent of executive orders issuing from the White House is one titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/restoring-the-death-penalty-and-protecting-public-safety\/\">Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of its provisions directs the Attorney General to assert federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty &#8220;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.&#8221; We shall see how that works in actual practice.<\/p>\n<p>Also included is a directive to help states obtain execution drugs and to get DOJ off its tush with certifying states under the comatose Chapter 154 fast track program.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the latter, the illegal poison pill inserted by the Obama Administration on its way out the door needs to be repealed.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By regulation, 28 CFR \u00a7 26.23(e), certification of a state by the Attorney General expires in five years. The law enacted by Congress says that a state qualifies if the Attorney General has certified its system. It did not provide an expiration date or authorize DOJ to create one. The subdivision should be deleted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the torrent of executive orders issuing from the White House is one titled &#8220;Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety.&#8221; One of its provisions directs the Attorney General to assert federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty &#8220;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.&#8221; We shall see how that works in actual practice. Also included is a directive to help states obtain execution drugs and to get DOJ off its tush with certifying states under the comatose Chapter 154 fast track program. 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