{"id":118570,"date":"2019-03-13T15:55:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T19:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118570"},"modified":"2019-03-13T15:55:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T19:55:18","slug":"why-is-trump-criticizing-the-suspension-of-the-death-penalty-in-california-especially-when-its-so-faulty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118570","title":{"rendered":"Why is Trump criticizing the suspension of the death penalty in California especially when it&#8217;s so faulty?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump blasts California governor for halting executions<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Brooke Singman | Fox News<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=6000930626001&#038;w=466&#038;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4>California Gov. Newsom withdraws hundreds of National Guard troops from border, changes mission<\/h4>\n<h5>Newsom claims President Trump&#8217;s border &#8217;emergency&#8217; is a &#8216;manufactured crisis&#8217;; Jonathan Hunt reports from Los Angeles<\/h5>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Trump<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday blasted California\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-gov-newsom-to-sign-executive-order-to-halt-death-penalty-executions.amp?cmpid=prn_newsstand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a>\u00a0for halting executions for the state\u2019s 737 death row inmates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cDefying voters, the Governor of California will halt all death penalty executions of 737 stone cold killers. Friends and families of the always forgotten VICTIMS are not thrilled, and neither am I!\u201d Trump tweeted early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The tweet comes hours before Newsom, a Democrat, is expected to sign an executive order that would halt all executions at San Quentin State Prison, closing a new execution chamber. The order would also withdraw lethal injection regulations. The order, though, would leave all convictions\u00a0intact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intentional killing of another person is wrong. And as governor, I will not oversee the execution of any individual,\u201d Newsom said in a prepared statement obtained by the Southern California News Group.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom, who has been a vocal opponent of the death penalty, said that the system is a \u201cfailure\u201d that \u201chas discriminated against defendants who are mentally ill, black and brown, or can\u2019t afford legal representation.\u201d He also said that many innocent people have been wrongly convicted and sometimes put to death.<\/p>\n<p>But Newsom\u2019s order will go against the wishes of California voters, who in 2016\u00a0backed a measure to speed up executions.<\/p>\n<p>The Association of Deputy District Attorneys blasted Newsom for \u201cusurping\u201d the will of the voters and \u201csubstituting his personal preferences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Newsom said that the death penalty is flawed because it is \u201cirreversible and irreparable in the event of human error,\u201d and expensive, costing California $5 billion\u00a0since 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump has been a supporter of the death penalty. In October, Trump called for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-demands-death-penalty-for-cop-killers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">death penalty\u00a0<\/a>for those who kill police officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reducing crime begins with respecting law enforcement,&#8221; Trump said.\u00a0\u201cWe believe that criminals who kill our police officers should immediately, with trial, but rapidly as possible, not 15 years later, 20 years later\u2014get the death penalty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A week later, Trump called for the death penalty of the man responsible for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-calls-for-death-penalty-after-synagogue-shooting-leaders-react-to-tragedy-with-sorrow-anger-and-frustration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">synagogue<\/a>\u00a0shooting in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News\u2019 Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-blasts-california-governor-for-halting-executions\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-blasts-california-governor-for-halting-executions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blasts California governor for halting executions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}