The U.S. government will start seeking the death penalty in Washington, D.C., homicide cases, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. “If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, D.C., we’re going to be seeking the death penalty, and that’s a very strong preventative,” Trump said at a White House cabinet meeting. “I don’t know if we’re ready for it in this country, but we have it. It is – we have no choice.” Analysis by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor, Kethevane Gorjestani.
The move would further expand the Republican’s efforts to
seek the mantle of law-and-order president and to exert power
over the nation’s capital, whose residents are largely
Democrats.