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Trump and the death penalty

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Cossy Sun 07-Jun-26 12:22:55

From The Mirror this morning.

These people are already on death row, how do you all feel about the below:-

“US Army prepares for first military executions in 50 years awaiting Trump order
The US Army is drawing up plans to carry out four military executions of death row inmates for the first time in more than 50 years, pending approval from President Donald Trump.

The US Army is preparing to conduct four executions should President Donald Trump issue the command, according to an internal planning document seen by ABC News.

The plan, if implemented, would represent the first occasion the military has executed convicted American prisoners in more than half a century. "Operation Resolute Justice" instructs Army officials to liaise with the Federal Bureau of Prisons to move condemned inmates from the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to the federal execution facility in Terre Haute, Indiana.“

Personally, I simply don’t agree with the death penalty, however horrific the crime, it doesn’t act as a deterrent and I, imo, just find this act quite ironic, committing a murder to punish a murderer for breaking the law by murdering someone? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

I do believe some crimes mean that individual should never be free to walk and work alongside the rest of society.

What do you fine folk think and feel about this?

Perhaps a better option is to give these criminals the opportunity to choose between whole life imprisonment, with some form of work being done or the means to take their own lives?

www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/us-army-first-military-executions-37259419?utm_campaign=communities&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsapp

MT62 Wed 10-Jun-26 11:39:59

Depends on the horrific nature of the murders.
If my family was slaughtered, yes I could pull a lever no problem.

imaround Fri 12-Jun-26 03:51:06

I thought I would come by and drop some harmless (except the the grass) civil disobedience.

www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-authorities-investigate-huge-etching-191624691.html

imaround Fri 12-Jun-26 08:45:50

Supreme Court said no to the gas chamber in Alabama.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4dx72lwn7o

Sadgrandma Fri 12-Jun-26 08:47:49

Reading the article Trump has yet to authorise these military executions but he has authorised many civilian ones during his presidency so no doubt he will. I am opposed to execution by any means as too many innocent people have been executed. Just look at the case of Andrew Malkinson who has recently been freed from serving 17 years for a crime he did not commit, imagine if he’d been executed!
Also some of the means of execution in the US are nothing short of barbaric. Surely the only humane method, if one had to be used, would be the same drug used for assisted suicide but not self administered.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 12-Jun-26 08:55:44

Very clever, imaround!

REKA Fri 12-Jun-26 08:59:32

Just over 50% of the American population support the death penalty. It used to be 80% so there's a downward trend.

I'm opposed. Always have been. But ... yes, there's a but ... I would not be devastated if Chris Watts received this penalty.