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One Legal Scholar On Trump Calling For Death Penalty In New York Terror Case

NPR
Published November 2, 2017 at 12:11 PM EDT
The crashed vehicle used in what is being described as a terrorist attack is moved away from the scene in lower Manhattan the day after the event on Nov. 1, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The crashed vehicle used in what is being described as a terrorist attack is moved away from the scene in lower Manhattan the day after the event on Nov. 1, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What are the legal questions raised by President Trump calling for the New York City truck attack suspect to receive the death penalty?

Josh Blackman (@JoshMBlackman), a constitutional law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, discusses with Here & Now‘s Robin Young.

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