Trump wants the death penalty to be applied to those who murder in the American capital

Donald Trump has announced that he would push to apply the death penalty to those who murder the US capital, Washington. The death penalty in this place has been abolished since 1981, but according to the US president “if someone killing someone in the capital Washington, Columbia’s District, we will ask for the death penalty. And that’s very deterrent. ” Reuters wrote that the Trump government will be able to request this sentence in murder cases that can be prosecuted at federal level, but not those who are prosecuted locally. However, the Republican president, a staunch supporter of the death penalty, could seek to amend the current legislation in the capital, which is traditionally a stronghold of the Democrats. Washington does not belong to any state, it has a special regime, and is under the control of Congress. In 1992, after the murder of a parliamentary assistant, Congress had imposed a referendum to reinstate the last […]
Source: News Beast

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