President-Elect Biden: Call Out Trumps Lame Duck Executions!
President-Elect Joe Biden
Background:
There are five federal executions scheduled in the final weeks of the lame duck Trump administration, including three more announced on November 20, 2020. Details of these cases raise questions of innocence/culpability, issues around serious mental illness, intellectual capacity, fairness, racial bias and other horrific issues that plague our modern death penalty.
As of November 19, 2020 President Trump has overseen eight executions since July 14, 2020 -- tying President Eisenhower’s record that occurred over his entire eight year term. The alarming speed with which these executions have been scheduled and carried out should deeply trouble all Americans. President Trump has secured his record as the biggest and best executioner--he should be happy. There’s no need to move forward with more.
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To:
President-Elect Joe Biden
From:
[Your Name]
You have made your opinion on federal executions clear: they must end and under your administration, they will.
Mr. President-elect, please issue a clear and powerful statement condemning the executions scheduled to take place in the final weeks of the Trump Administration. Please also announce your commitment to stopping all federal executions immediately upon taking office.