President Trump's ambitious executive order on capital punishment seeks to deter heinous crimes but faces significant challenges due to changing public attitudes and legal opposition. The order aims to revive and facilitate executions in both federal and state jurisdictions, reflecting Trump's longstanding support for the death penalty. However, many of the measures are impractical or legally questionable, likely leading to increased litigation. The order symbolizes the deep divide in American views on capital punishment, contrasting states where it is often abolished versus those that continue its practice.
The president's order is a shockingly broad attack on abolition that will generate a lot of litigation.
Some of what he wants to accomplish seems to be of dubious legality. Some of it will raise the specter of gratuitous cruelty.
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