Trump and the death penalty

Cossy - I need to remind myself that Trump hasn’t reached top Trump. He can always find something more disgusting to impose

Our history indicates the hangmen had what we’d now see as mental health problems on retiring

Never mind the effect on the criminal, not being facetious, but what about the effect on the military personnel? To suddenly have to be in an execution squad.
This is a backward and barbaric step.
This President out of control.

I agree that the perpetrators of some sexual and violent crimes should be incarcerated for life.

The death penalty, though, is always wrong and barbaric. We don’t live in the Middle Ages.

I don't support the death penalty and I don't think military personnel signed up to become executioners. Trump is well on the way to becoming a despot and no-one seems to be able to stop him. Who knows what he will be able to do by the time the next election is due.

This from a president who has pardoned the people jailed for their part in the insurrection in which people died ( and also, I believe, is planning to pay them compensation?).

Bit behind on the news, read your thread title and immediately thought, to quote the marvellous Fred MCCauley, “what’s the mad b*****d” done now?”

Nothing that lunatic does surprises me any more. He must be making life very difficult for satirists. Nothing they can say will top him.

Never, I do not agree with the death penalty at all
How can you punish a murderer by murdering them !!!
It doesn’t make sense
Too many people have been imprisoned that are innocent another reason
The man’s a total narcissistic psychopath I can’t wait for him to disappear

Maremia

Never mind the effect on the criminal, not being facetious, but what about the effect on the military personnel? To suddenly have to be in an execution squad.
This is a backward and barbaric step.
This President out of control.

I completely agree.

Iam64

Cossy - I need to remind myself that Trump hasn’t reached top Trump. He can always find something more disgusting to impose

Our history indicates the hangmen had what we’d now see as mental health problems on retiring

He truly is the gift which keeps on giving!

I too feel empathy for the military!

He’s also lifted bans on trophy hunting, too. Is here anything good about this man? Whenever there is talk of executions in America I always think of an excellent film I saw many years ago; The Executioners Song’ starring Tommy Lee Jones, along with, of course, The Green Mile. Dare I ask what colour the condemned people are ( although I think I can guess…). Maybe he wants to cause riots so he can instigate a state of emergency and cancel the mid term elections . With Trump you sometimes have to think outside of the box…

I don't agree with the death penalty, I think some of the methods of execution are positively inhumane, if there ever could be an acceptable way of killing. I do think people who murder, depending on the circumstances, cold blooded killing such as the man who murdered Henry Nowak should lose their liberty for a very long time, it's not good enough that they should be free to live a free life when they're still relatively young having cut short someone else's life.

I don't think the military should be drafted in to be part of an execution squad.

Grandma70s

I agree that the perpetrators of some sexual and violent crimes should be incarcerated for life.

The death penalty, though, is always wrong and barbaric. We don’t live in the Middle Ages.

You put it very well, Grandma70s. Just what I was thinking. Thank you.

Another new low for Trump. The death penalty should have ended in all civilised countries now. Does he keep thinking up more ways to damage the reputation of the US.

Executing his own citizens is as bad as the regime in Iran.

My understanding is that 27 USA states have the death penalty and that the governor of those states has the final say as to whether the sentence will be carried out or commuted to a life sentence, so I don't see how this could be enforceable.

The last execution by firing squad was carried out in South Colorado on November 14th 2025 at the request of the one being executed.

Why are the methods for a death penalty execution different than methods used for assisted suicide?

Because with assisted dying, the one whose chosen to do so must administer the drug themselves.

Macaydia. I’ve read the executions in American prisons sometimes go wrong and death is painful and prolonged
Why anyone would want to view this barbaric act is beyond me