Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 96

Mandatory death penalty for killers of police officers

Never delivered
“[paraphrase] Anyone who kills a police officer will get the death penalty.”
Promised
, Campaign and post-election rallies
Re-promised
4 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Justice & the courts
Era
2016 campaign

What happened

No legislation or executive action establishing a mandatory death penalty for killing a police officer was pursued. PolitiFact rated the promise broken, noting Trump made no move on it.

Sources

  1. Impose death penalty for cop killers PolitiFact Trump-O-Meter, Jul 15, 2020