This is a follow-up to my last post, from March 19. Yesterday, March 20, the Attorney General circulated this memorandum to the United States Attorneys, “strongly encourag” federal prosecutors to “use” the existing capital offense statutes that involve drug trafficking predicates. 663 more words
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Let's cook: Drug Trafficking and the Federal Death Penalty
Today, in remarks in New Hampshire, and via the White House website, the President announced an opioid prevention and enforcement plan and repeated his previous suggestions about imposing the death penalty for drug trafficking. 1,084 more words
Legalizing Tyranny by Chris Hedges
The two main political parties compete to see which can be “tougher” on crime. Congress enacted 92 death-eligible crimes from 1974 to 2010. A first-time drug offense in the United States can lead to a life sentence. 2,151 more words
Trump and Thomas on guns, after Parkland
Gun law and policy dominated much of this past week’s news. While the President expressed interest in supporting new measures, he also returned to some of the more extreme gun rights rhetoric that we saw during the campaign. 1,127 more words
2008-2016, 35 states cut imprisonment and crime rates simultaneously
188 more words❝ After peaking in 2008, the nation’s imprisonment rate fell 11 percent over eight years, reaching its lowest level since 1997, according to an analysis of new federal statistics by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Investigations, privileges, and Bannon's gamble on contempt
On Tuesday, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon refused to answer questions from the House Intelligence Committee concerning his time in the Trump transition and on the President’s staff. 1,115 more words
Saipov and the federal death penalty
The Government has filed a formal criminal complaint in the case of Sayfullo Saipov, who allegedly killed eight people and injured about a dozen more on Halloween by driving his truck through a bike lane in New York City. 954 more words
