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Josh Blackman

President Trump's Executive Order on the Death Penalty

I have not seen much press about President Trump's order concerning the death penalty. But several provisions could prove to be quite significant.

First, Trump has ordered that the murderers with commuted sentence be placed in "appropriate" conditions:

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.

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