Trump says he'll seek the death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters'

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NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Dec 25) he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters" when he takes power on Jan 20. Trump's statement on his social media platform Truth Social was in response to President Joe Biden's announcement on Monday that he had commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole.

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