Justice Department seeks death penalty for Buffalo shooter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Despite making abolition of the death penalty a central campaign promise, his administration has sent mixed signals about their position on the issue, activists told CNN: The White House has halted federal executions as it reviews Trump-era justice policies, while also pursuing new capital punishment trials including that of the El Paso shooter in 2019 and the 2017 New York City truck attacker.
41% : Where Trump once appeared hesitant of the death penalty, asking former Attorney General Bill Barr why he supported it, according to the AP -- he is now in favor of "more dramatic" execution methods as a crime deterrent, former White House officials told Rolling Stone, asking advisers about the legality of reintroducing archaic execution methods such as firing squads and the guillotine, and proposing capital punishment for drug traffickers.

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