Sentences with phrase «includes seeking the death penalty»

Other parts of the plan include «Help Those Struggling with Addiction» and «Cut off the Supply of Illicit Drugs,» which is the section that includes seeking the death penalty against certain drug traffickers.

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will unveil a plan on Monday to combat the opioid addiction crisis that includes seeking the death penalty for drug dealers and urging Congress to toughen sentencing laws for drug traffickers, White House officials said on Sunday.

Not exact matches

The mainstream practitioners who were active in the years of Harold's premiership all indicate support and admiration for the way he held the Labour party together, sought to drag Britain into the modern era and presided over a series of liberalisation acts including abolition of the death penalty and the legalisation of homosexuality, abortion and divorce.

In State courts of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties we've been involved in well over a thousand cases and tried to jury verdict cases ranging from first degree capital murder where the death penalty is being sought, sexual battery, drug trafficking, violations of probation, domestic violence and racketeering to misdemeanor criminal charges including driving while under the influence and driving while license suspended.

These cases have exposed and challenged critical legal and evidentiary practices, including undercover police surveillance of civil rights organizations, the exclusion of prospective jurors based on previous political activities, the use of post-arrest psychiatric examinations by prosecutors when seeking the death penalty, and the exclusion of evidence of third party guilt by courts in capital cases.

The Trump administration said it will seek stiffer penalties against drug dealers — including the death penalty where appropriate under current law — and it wants the number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers to be cut by one - third nationwide as part of a broad effort to combat the opioid crisis.