During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel that took place on Monday and was aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “Special Report,” 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump argued that giving the death penalty to drug dealers is “the only way” to stop drug problems, and that Alice Johnson, a
Trump: Drug Dealers Should Get Death Penalty, I Was Right to Give Clemency to Alice Johnson Because She Wasn’t ‘Much of a Dealer’
August 26, 2023 by
Uganda: Parliament Approves Death Penalty for ‘Aggravated Homosexuality’
April 3, 2023 by
Uganda’s parliament passed a bill criminalizing homosexuality on Tuesday with 387 out of 389 legislators voting in favor. The bill stipulates the death penalty for defendants who commit acts of “aggravated homosexuality.” Same-sex relationships are already illegal in Uganda — and in more than half of African nations — although post-colonial Uganda has never actually
Pope Francis Is Woefully Wrong about the Death Penalty.
August 10, 2018 by
Pope Francis visits the University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy – 17 Feb 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) Pope Francis has amended the Catechism of the Catholic Church to reject the death penalty. Whether this is an appropriate Catholic stance is for Catholics to decide. But the complete elimination of the death penalty would undermine […]
NY Governor Cuomo: Let’s Abolish The Death Penalty Because The Pope Says So! Um, How About Abortion?
August 4, 2018 by
On Thursday evening, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo responded to the Pope’s new position opposing the death penalty. Pope Francis’s new draft of the catechism states, “The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,’ and […]
Trump Takes on the Opioid Crisis: ‘Keep Out the Damn Drugs,’ Death Penalty For Dealers.
March 20, 2018 by
During a speech in New Hampshire Monday, President Donald Trump laid out detailed administration plans to combat the ongoing opioid crisis across the country. Over the weekend the White House announced President Trump would seek the death penalty for certain drug dealers. Today, he reiterated that stance. “My Department of Justice will be seeking so […]
Trump To Push Death Penalty For Major Drug Dealers In Opioid Plan
March 16, 2018 by
President Donald Trump will push for the death penalty for major drug dealers in his plan to combat the opioid crisis, Politico reports. Trump publicly revealed his deeply held belief that drug dealers should be executed before the White House opioid summit saying “they kill hundreds and hundreds of people, and most of them don’t even […]
POPE FRANCIS SLAMS CAPITALISM, DEATH PENALTY, IMMIGRATION LAW; NO REAL MENTION OF ABORTION, GAY MARRIAGE
September 24, 2015 by
On Thursday, Pope Francis spoke before a Joint Session of Congress, where he explicitly lectured Americans on illegal immigration, redistribution of income, the death penalty, and climate change, but made only veiled references to abortion and same-sex marriage. It is no wonder President Obama was so happy to see the Pope in Washington, D.C. The […]