type of felony in new york with meryl prior criminal history would see much, if any, prison time, trump s advanced age experts say would also be a factor in not sending him to prison. plus, the security challenge of putting a former or current president behind bars. the secret service detail would have to be armed. they would have to be with him. they would have to be able to control the process of where his food comes from, how it s delivered. another sentencing option, probation analysts say, well, that might be a more realistic choice. it would come with a host of inconveniences and indignities for the former president having to be drug tested, having to check in with a probation officer, you re could be random visits by probation officers to your home, not with a search warrant, but they can come knock on the door. you need to let them in home confinement also might be part of a probation sentence for trump or maybe a restriction on out-of-state travel if he were going to fly
at least now 23 states do not authorize the death penalty. cursed gradually there has been a chipping away at the death penalty as more people have come to recognize its many flaws the risk of executing innocent people. the incredible amounts of money spent on death sentences that do not need to be spent because a life prison is a sentencing option. ask ruth and joshua will no longer be on death row under the governor s new order. the father and son pair were convicted of bombing a bank just south of portland that killed two oregon police officers back in 2008 sprayed the cities and mayor and loved ones of some murder victims are commonly governors move wrong and an injustice. a statement this mayor said quote i was shocked and angered to learn governor brown unilaterally can be of the death sentences of the two murderers who committed these terrible crimes against our police
business of executing people even if a terrible crime placed them in prison. oregon has not had a death row execution since 1997. it s one of 15 statements that has not executed anyone in the last 5 years. other states include california, louisiana and. and and as of and utah. as of now at least 23 states do not authorize the death penalty. gradually, there has been this chipping away at the death penalty the as more people have come to recognize it many flaws, the risk of executing innocent people, the incredible amounts of money that are spent on death sentences that don t need to be spent because life in prison is a sentencing option. reporter: but the governor s move is getting swift backlash. christian longo, who was sentenced to death for the brutal december 2001 killings of his wife and three children will no longer be on death row under governor s new order, and now bruce and joshua turnage will no
execution since 1997. one of 15 states that has not executed anyone in the last five years. other states include california, oregon and nevada. as of now 23 states do not authorize the death penalty. gradually there has been this chipping away at the date penalty death penalty. many flaws, money being spent on sentences that don t need to be spent because life in prison is a sentencing option. christina: the governor s move is getting swift criticism. the father and son pair were convicted of bombing a bank just south of portland that killed two police officers back in 2008. the city s mayor and crime victim advocates think this is wrong and in a statement the mayor said, quote, i was shocked and angered to learn that
of the ground for impeachment. so barrett, in those cases that paul just related to us, would that increase the speed that this impeachment inquiry is going through right now, or would it slow it down? well, i think any time that congress is able to keep this out of the courts, it s going to speed it up because exactly as paul said, once you enter into the court system, there s necessarily going to be delay. and remember, i mean, cases do not work their way through the courts system in a matter of months. it oftentimes is a matter of years which is a benefit that is a luxury that congress doesn t necessarily have. i think the problem with the adverse intruth in sentencing option for congress inference option for congress which may be the only option now, is that saying you can take an adverse inference from having missing evidence may be legally sufficient, you may be able to say this can take the place for this missing evidence legally, but it s really not a substitute in the