One of the grisliest and most underreported stories about the final days of Donald Trump’s malignant presidency is the feverish attempt by Trump and his cronies to execute as many persons as possible before he leaves office. These “lame duck executions” are horrifying. But with a pandemic raging, and tens of thousands of persons dying each week, these executions are largely being ignored.
Consider this: Before Trump‘s presidency only three persons were executed by the federal government in the past 50 years. But in July, as the presidential election was gearing up, Trump suddenly ordered federal executions to resume. Since July, eight persons have been put to death, and five more executions are scheduled in the coming weeks. There have been more federal executions this year than state executions. No president in America history has presided over more executions in such a short period of time.
