President Donald trump insists on the necessity of the death penalty for an immigrant who hit pedestrians and cyclists on October 31 in Lower Manhattan.
«The new York terrorist was happy when asked to hang the flag of ISIS in his room,» said trump. He killed 8 people, wounded 12: and must be sentenced to the death penalty – concluded the President. He wrote about this yesterday on his official page in Twitter.
NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang the ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, injured badly 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
A few hours ago he added that he would like to terrorists sent from new York to Guantanamo Bay, but often this process takes a long time.
He said that the case should move faster. Trump re-focused attention on the fact that he sees the only solution – «DEATH PENALTY!«.
Would love to send the terrorist to Guantanamo NYC but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
…There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
Guantanamo Bay – a place for the detention of especially dangerous criminals, mainly terrorists, which is located in Cuba. Many human rights groups accuse the U.S. government of inhumane treatment of prisoners.
The appeal of trump was directed against the murderers , Saifullo of habibulloevich was Saipov, who moved several years ago from Uzbekistan to USA with a green card.
As reported by CNN, presidents usually do not comment on pending criminal cases due to the potential impact that can have their statements.
Former Federal prosecutors Andrew McCarthy and Renato Mariotti criticized trump, believing that he is able to complicate the process.
We will remind, on Wednesday, the President called the American justice system as «laughable» and said he will consider the question of sending a suspect in guantánamo Bay.
