President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment
but has taken no major steps to that end, though the Justice Department has imposed a moratorium that means no federal executions are likely to happen anytime soon.
But U.S. prosecutors this month opened a capital trial in New York against Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of using a truck in 2017 to mow down pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path by the Hudson River. The decision to seek death came under Trump but Garland allowed his prosecutors to continued to seek it.
The Garland moratorium is similar to one ordered in 2014 by President Barack Obama following a botched state execution in Oklahoma. Capital punishment opponents say the fact Obama didn't take more far-reaching action on the federal executions left the door open for Trump to restart them. In September, the Justice Department issued a public notice seeking comment about changes to some Trump protocols, including one permitting execution methods other than lethal injection, including firing squads.None have not been formally rescinded, though they serve no practical function as long as the moratorium remains in place.
Most critics of the death penalty responded to the moratorium and review with, at best, faint praise — calling it a first step.
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