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Commitment · Criminal Justice

Seek capital punishment for drug dealing

StalledAssessment: 2026-02-20Catalogue review: 2026-10-17

The commitment and its scope

Seek capital punishment for drug dealing

Summary in our words, not a verbatim quotation. The linked statement provides the full wording.

When stated
2023–2024 campaign
Deadline or condition
No fixed deadline established in this record
Who can deliver
Congress, Justice Department and courts

What the evidence establishes

The administration resumed federal execution policies, but an order could not itself remove legal limits on capital punishment for drug offenses.

PolitiFact's published rating: Stalled. The navigation label is Stalled.

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Sources and history

  1. PolitiFact: dated assessment and evidence
  2. PolitiFact: promise wording and status history
  3. Statement source linked by the publisher

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