With completed border wall to his right and unused construction materials to his left, former President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday in Arizona that if he wins the Nov. 5 election and returns to office in January, he will impose the death penalty on sex traffickers.
“We will seal the border, stop the invasion, and launch the largest deportation effort in American history. We will impose tough new sentences on illegal alien criminals,” Trump said, adding that “these include: [a] 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for anyone guilty of human smuggling; a guaranteed life sentence for anyone guilty of child trafficking; and a death penalty for anyone guilty of child or woman sex trafficking.”
Trump pledges to secure the border and impose the death penalty on anyone found guilty of "child or woman sex trafficking." pic.twitter.com/6gARrIqwDN
— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) August 22, 2024
Trump named other crimes that should result in the death penalty, such as “killing our police, sheriffs, Border Patrol, ICE, or [other] law enforcement officials.”
“Federal law allows for prosecutors to seek the death penalty against child sex traffickers if the victim is killed, or a life sentence if the victim survives,” Charles “Cully” Stimson, deputy director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal. […]
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