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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump vows to pursue death penalty ‘vigorously’ after Biden commutations

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Donald Trump at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday. Photograph: Cheney Orr/Reuters

Donald Trump has said he will direct the justice department to “vigorously” pursue the death penalty for the perpetrators of violent crimes, one day after Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of most prisoners on the federal government’s death row.

In a post on Truth Social, the president-elect said as soon as he is inaugurated next month, he “will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters”.

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