The Washington Times published my piece on the return of the federal death penalty.
What kind of man rapes and murders a 16-year-old girl and then dismembers, burns and disposes of her body in a septic pond?
The kind of man, in my view, who ought to be executed.
Thankfully, President Trump and his attorney general agree.
On July 25, 2019, Attorney General William M. Barr directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to adopt a proposed Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol, which clears the way for the federal government to resume capital punishment after nearly two decades. The order will deliver final justice to the victims of the most horrific crimes and their families.
According to a Justice Department statement, “the Attorney General also directed the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the executions of five death-row inmates convicted of murdering, and in some cases torturing and raping, the most vulnerable in our society — children and the elderly.
“Congress has expressly authorized the death penalty through legislation adopted by the people’s representatives in both houses of Congress and signed by the President,” noted Mr. Barr in the statement. “Under Administrations of both parties, the Department of Justice has sought the death penalty against the worst criminals, including these five murderers, each of whom was convicted by a jury of his peers after a full and fair proceeding. The Justice Department upholds the rule of law — and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system.”
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/19/the-return-of-the-federal-death-penalty/
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