Trump says he will direct Justice Department to 'vigorously pursue the death penalty'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign.
38% : Outside of the federal system, there are over 2,000 people in the United States who were convicted in state courts and put on death row, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
29% : During the final weeks of the 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to push for the death penalty for any migrant who kills a US citizen or a law enforcement officer.
25% : After Biden's commutation of most federal death row inmates - which Trump on Truth Social said "makes no sense" - there will be just three individuals in federal prison facing the death penalty when the president-elect takes office in January.
22% : Biden's clemency decisions cannot be reversed when Trump takes office, but the president-elect's Justice Department could resume seeking the death penalty in future cases.
14% : Trump says he will direct Justice Department to 'vigorously pursue the death penalty'Aaron Pellish, CNNDecember 24, 2024 at 7:13 PMPresident-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to "vigorously pursue the death penalty" after President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison.

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