[Peace-discuss] INTENT TO EXECUTE

[Bill Strutz]

I suppose he'll pardon turkeys for Thanksgiving, but he's coming down hard
on human prisoners.  --Bill

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:22 AM Szoke, Ron <r-szoke at illinois.edu> wrote:

> WASHINGTON — In the final weeks of President Trump’s term, his
> administration intends to execute three inmates on federal death row, the
> last scheduled executions by the Justice Department before the inauguration
> of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has signaled he will end
> federal use of capital punishment.
>
> Since July, when it resumed carrying out the death penalty after a 17-year
> hiatus, the Trump administration has executed seven federal inmates. Weeks
> before Mr. Biden is sworn in, the three inmates face the prospect of being
> the last federal prisoners to die by capital punishment for at least as
> long as Mr. Biden remains in office.
>
> Orlando Cordia Hall, 49, convicted in the brutal death of a teenage girl,
> is scheduled to be executed on Thursday. Two other prisoners are to be
> executed in December, including Lisa M. Montgomery, the only woman on
> federal death row.
>
> Mr. Biden has pledged to eliminate the death penalty. His campaign
> promised to work to pass legislation to end capital punishment on the
> federal level and offer incentives to states to follow suit. An aide
> reiterated Mr. Biden’s platform when asked how he planned to do so and did
> not respond to requests for comment on the scheduled executions.
>
> The Justice Department under Mr. Trump resumed federal capital punishment
> this summer after a nearly two-decade informal moratorium. Before then,
> only three people had been executed by the federal government in the past
> 50 years, according to Bureau of Prisons data.
>
> Federal executions during a transition of power are extremely unusual,
> according to Robert Dunham, the executive director of the Death Penalty
> Information Center. He said that presidents have generally deferred to
> incoming administrations.
>
> “This is another part of the Trump legacy that’s inconsistent with
> American norms,” he said. “If the administration followed the normal rules
> of civility that have been followed throughout the history in this country,
> it wouldn’t be an issue. The executions wouldn’t go forward.”
>
> The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment about the
> timing of the executions.
>
> — Hailey Fuchs   NYT  11/19/20
>
> INTENT TO EXECUTE  The Trump administration continues to carry out capital
> punishment for federal crimes even though President-elect Biden has
> signaled he will reverse the policy.



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