| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. GOP Eyes Death Penalty for Fentanyl Sale, as DOJ Calls for More Executions
USA. GOP Eyes Death Penalty for Fentanyl Sale, as DOJ Calls for More Executions
Under a proposed amendment to the Controlled Substances Act, defendants in federal overdose cases could face the death penalty for selling fentanyl involved in the victim’s death. Though the legislation is hardly the first to propose capital punishment for people who sell drugs, it arrives into a very different political landscape than its predecessors—one of unprecedented interest in the federal death penalty. (Filter, USA, 13.05.2026)
https://filtermag.org/federal-death-penalty-fentanyl-distribution/