As Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the country

Trump orders prosecutors to seek death penalty when available for DC homicides

The Sept. 25 memo said to seek "the death penalty in all appropriate cases where, following full examination of the evidence and other relevant information, the applicable factors justify a sentence of death."

Trump Signs Order for Death Penalty in D.C.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in Washington, D.C., for all eligible cases.

Trump orders prosecutors to pursue death penalty in DC, despite repeal

President Donald Trump has directed federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., to pursue the death penalty “to the maximum degree practicable,” even though the city abolished capital punishment more than four decades ago. The memo, issued Thursday, cites Trump’s August emergency declaration that federalized D.C. law enforcement.  It describes capital punishment as part of the administration’s broader push to combat what the president has called “o…

Trump orders prosecutors to pursue death penalty in DC

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memo on Thursday directing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro to pursue federal jurisdiction for crimes committed in D.C. that allow the death penalty under federal law. Bondi and Pirro should pursue federal jurisdiction in such cases “to the maximum degree practicable,” the memo says. In the Oval...