Garland orders halt to any further federal executions (attorney, death, crimes)

[Roboteer]

Just fire a shotgun blast over the heads of all those kidnappers and premeditated murderers. Joe said so. That'll keep them in line. Won't it?

On the flip side, at least the Capitol Policeman who shot unarmed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt to death without warning, is safe.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/garl...ry?id=78621507

Garland orders halt to any further federal executions, official says

ByAlexander Mallin
July 1, 2021, 4:11 PM

Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a temporary halt to the Justice Department advocating any scheduling of further executions of federal inmates, a DOJ official told ABC News.

The new directive comes after Garland's predecessor in the job, Attorney General William Barr, had resumed the department's use of capital punishment against inmates after a nearly two-decade lapse and pushed for executions of several federal prisoners during the transition period before President Joe Biden -- who opposes the death penalty -- took office.

The directive, however, is not expected to impact the department's position taken recently in the case of Boston bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev, a person familiar with the matter told ABC News. Officials last month urged the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling and reinstate Tsarnaev's death penalty despite Biden's stated opposition to capital punishment.

[atltechdude]

Good, it was completely grotesque how Barr was trying to speed up the conveyor belt and move as many federal inmates as possible to the death chamber before Trump's term expired.

[Goodnight]

Executions don't deter crime, they don't change behavior.

[MSgtMike]

Originally Posted by atltechdude

Good, it was completely grotesque how Barr was trying to speed up the conveyor belt and move as many federal inmates as possible to the death chamber before Trump's term expired.

I'm sure the victims families are relieved that their loved ones killer will be spared

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by Goodnight

Executions don't deter crime, they don't change behavior.

Yes - they do - if they are consistent and timely... with which we do neither.

[Goodnight]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

Yes - they do - if they are consistent and timely... with which we do neither.

Really, you think if these didn't drag out for years it would make a difference.

[Wapasha]

Stop executions of even the white supremacists? Why is he protecting white supremacists??

[mirage98de]

Originally Posted by Goodnight

Executions don't deter crime, they don't change behavior.

Democrats say we can’t throw all criminals in jail because there’s no room.

Executions help free up valuable space

[Oklazona Bound]

I use to be very pro capital punishment. But our criminal justice system is far from perfect. Innocent people end up on death row. I get the try them and fry them mentality. But if the conviction is wrong there is no walking back a execution.

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

Yes - they do - if they are consistent and timely... with which we do neither.

So life in prison is no big deal at all but the death penalty is? I would imagine most who commit these horrific crimes are hoping to get away with it not hoping they get life in prison. Who would want that?