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.