Warren, Biden Reject Trump Plan to Speed Executions for Slayings
- Response to mass shootings came up in Labor Day campaigning
- White House backs legislation to expedite death penalty
Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Leading Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden rejected the idea of speeding up executions for mass slayings, a measure the Trump administration plans to pursue.
The White House will back legislation drafted by the Justice Department to expedite the death penalty for people convicted of mass murder, Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence told reporters traveling with Pence between Poland and Ireland on Monday.