Executive Order 14164: Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy
• Sec. 3. Federal Capital Punishment
• Sec. 4. Preserving Capital Punishment in the States
• Sec. 5. Seeking The Overruling of Supreme Court Precedents That Hinder Capital Punishment
• Sec. 6. Prosecuting Crime to Protect Communities
• Sec. 7. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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Capital punishment is an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens. Before, during, and after the founding of the United States, our cities, States, and country have continuously relied upon capital punishment as the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes. Our Founders knew well that only capital punishment can bring justice and restore order in response to such evil. For this and other reasons, capital punishment continues to enjoy broad popular support. Yet for too long, politicians and judges who oppose capital punishment have defied and subverted the laws of our country. At every turn, they seek to thwart the execution of lawfully imposed capital sentences and choose to enforce their personal beliefs rather than the law. […]