Trump Admin Spent Millions Carrying Out Federal Executions In A Pandemic
Trump Admin Spent Millions Carrying Out Federal Executions In A Pandemic On 1/14/21 at 7:20 AM EST At a time when many Americans were desperate for financial relief, the U.S. government spent millions of taxpayer dollars putting federal inmates to death amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Trump administration resumed federal executions last summer, despite criticism over the risks posed by the pandemic. 11 inmates have been put to death since federal execution resumed. Five of them were executed in July and August alone—Daniel Lewis Lee, Wesley Purkey, Dustin Honken, Lezmond Mitchell and Kei...
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