President Donald Trump announced his government will seek the death penalty for every murder that occurs in Washington, D.C., as part of a crackdown on crime. He made the pledge during a Labor Day-themed cabinet meeting while addressing issues including weapons sales and the rising cost of living. Trump used the phrase "capital capital punishment" and said seeking the death penalty would provide a very strong preventative effect. He acknowledged the policy would be controversial and said states would have to make their own decisions. Washington, D.C., is a federal district where the US Attorney's Office prosecutes nearly all violent crimes. The Biden administration had imposed a moratorium reviewing death penalty policies.
United States President Donald Trump has announced his government will seek the death penalty in every murder case that unfolds in Washington, DC, as part of his crackdown on crime in the country's capital. Trump made the announcement in the midst of a Labor Day-themed meeting of his cabinet on Tuesday as he discussed a range of issues, from weapons sales to the rising cost of living.
Anybody murders something in the capital: capital punishment. Capital capital punishment, Trump said, seeming to relish the wordplay. If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we're going to be seeking the death penalty. And that's a very strong preventative, and everybody that's heard it agrees with it. Trump then acknowledged that the policy would likely be controversial, but he pledged to forge onwards. I don't know if we're ready for it in this country, but we have no choice, Trump said. States are gonna have to make their own decision.
Washington, DC, occupies a unique position in the US. The US Constitution defined the capital as a federal district as opposed to a state or a city within a surrounding state. Elsewhere in the country, most murder cases are prosecuted by state or local authorities unless they rise to the level of a federal crime. But in Washington, DC, the US Attorney's Office a federal prosecutor's office under the Department of Justice prosecutes nearly all violent crimes.
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