Federal death penalty law: 18 USC § 3591(b)
"Despite drug trafficking being a federal capital offence in the USA, the country has never executed anyone for drug-related offences.²⁵⁰ Nevertheless, the USA remains the only country to have carried out executions in the Americas region in seven consecutive years.²⁵¹ Donald Trump’s recent public support of the death penalty,²⁵² his call for fast trials, and his support for Duterte’s bloody ‘war on drugs’ in the Philippines are very worrying,²⁵³ particularly as 2017 has seen some States, including Arkansas, Florida and Ohio, resume executions after long hiatuses.²⁵⁴"