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Trump Suggests Expanding Capital Punishment Days After Botched Execution Attempt In Tennessee.

A makeshift noose in front of the U.S. Capitol building in January 2021. (Credit: GETTY IMAGES)

During a rally held in support of Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections in Alabama, President Donald Trump reiterated his administration's support for increasing the use of the death penalty as a punishment for serious offences.

"We will pass the death penalty for large-scale drug dealers, human traffickers, and anyone who kills a police officer", Trump told supporters in the southern Alabamian city of Mobile on Friday evening.

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