US EditionTrump calls for expansion of death penalty in D.C.
- During a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump declared that his administration intends to pursue capital punishment against individuals who commit homicide in Washington, D.C.
- This announcement follows decades of local opposition, including the abolition of the death penalty by D.C. in 1981 and a 1992 referendum where residents rejected reinstatement by a 2-to-1 margin.
- The Justice Department, under Trump, has encouraged federal prosecutors in D.C. to pursue the death penalty in relevant homicide cases, despite local juries historically being reluctant to impose capital punishment.
- Trump described capital punishment as a 'very strong preventative' and vowed to restore its use while deploying over 2,000 National Guard troops to address violent crime in the city.
- This move could increase federal death penalty prosecutions in D.C. and reflects the administration's broader effort to assert federal authority over the city’s crime issues despite local legal restrictions.
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Trump says his administration will pursue capital punishment for all murders in DC
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, D.C. Trump’s comments came amid his federalization of the police force in the nation’s capital and after he activated the National Guard in what he called an effort to combat crime in Washington. “Anybody murders something in the capital: capital punishment,” Trump said at the White House meeting…
Trump calls for death penalty in all D.C. murder cases - West Hawaii Today
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration would seek the death penalty for all murder cases in Washington, the latest escalation of his show of force in the nation’s capital that he has described as an effort to combat crime.
Washington. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he will seek capital punishment for those guilty of murder in Washington as part of his internal offensive against what he considered a criminal crisis “out of control,” while suffering a judicial setback when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from his government against federal judges in Maryland for an order that slows down rapid deportation efforts.
When it comes to Donald Trump, heads should soon roll again - in the truest sense of the word. In the US capital Washington, "The Don" strives for the death penalty for murder - a foretaste of Trump's far-reaching authoritarian plans?
Trump calls for death penalty in DC murder cases despite city's ban
President Donald Trump wants to bring capital punishment to Washington, D.C., for anyone convicted of murder in the nation’s capital. “If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington D.C., we’re going to be seeking the death penalty,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. “And that’s a very strong preventative.” Trump said states will have to make their own decisions on the death penalty. DC's history of rejecting the death penalty In 1992, Congre…
The bill is announced despite official data indicating that crime levels in Washington are at their lowest point in three decades.
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