Donald Trump launched a direct attack against the outgoing governor of California, Gavin Newsom, prompted by Newsom’s decision to commute the death sentences of 548 inmates in the state to life imprisonment.
In a post on Truth Social, the U.S. president wrote that some of the (former) death row inmates are so dangerous that they make the fictional character Hannibal Lecter seem “a good guy.”
ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΑΡΘΡΑ
He also didn’t miss the chance to change Newsom’s name to “Newscum,” a play on the word “scum.”
Trump writes: “Some of the people whom Gavin Newscum spared from the death penalty, after many years spent in the “justice” system, make Hannibal Lecter from *The Silence of the Lambs* look like a good guy!”
“Incompatible with our values”
“I am taking this action because I firmly believe that state-imposed execution is incompatible with California’s values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and demeans us all,” Newsom wrote in a letter to Californians, explaining his decision.
He added: “I know that we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, foremost among them justice and human dignity.”
Newsom can commute approximately 40% of death sentences to life imprisonment with a single signature, but for the remainder, approval from the Supreme Court will be required for the commutations to take effect.
Source: Proto Thema
