WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump mentioned on Tuesday (Aug 26) that the federal authorities will start searching for the demise penalty in murder circumstances in Washington DC, increasing his law-and-order push and federal management over the capital.
“If any person kills any person within the capital, Washington DC, we’re going to be searching for the demise penalty, and that’s a really robust preventative,” Trump mentioned at a White Home cupboard assembly. “We’ve got no selection.”
LAW-AND-ORDER PUSH
The transfer underscores Trump’s efforts to exert energy over the Democratic-leaning capital, the place violent crime has fallen from a 2023 spike however stays a flashpoint in political debate. He has already declared an emergency, deployed Nationwide Guard troops and despatched federal regulation enforcement to again up native police.
Trump has additionally threatened to increase such measures to different cities, together with Chicago.
Washington is exclusive in that it falls underneath the jurisdiction of Congress, although residents elect a mayor and council underneath the 1973 Dwelling Rule Act. Town has abolished the demise penalty for native crimes, however it stays attainable for sure offences underneath federal regulation.
