""It's very interesting. Capital punishment, capital city," Trump said at the signing. "It's capital, capital, capital." "People come in from Iowa to look at the Lincoln Memorial and they end up getting killed," he continued, apparently referring to a crime that there is no record of occurring. "Doesn't happen anymore, it's not gonna happen, and if it does happen, it's the death penalty.""
"In 1981, the D.C. Council repealed the death penalty and in 1992 residents voted down a referendum to reinstate capital punishment, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC.) The order states that the attorney general and the United States attorney for the District of Columbia shall seek "the death penalty in all appropriate cases," and "pursue Federal jurisdiction" for crimes committed in D.C. "for which the death penalty is available under Federal law.""
On September 25, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the attorney general and the U.S. attorney for D.C. to seek the death penalty in Washington, D.C., whenever appropriate. The order instructs prosecutors to pursue federal jurisdiction for crimes committed in D.C. for which the federal death penalty applies. The D.C. Council repealed the local death penalty in 1981 and voters rejected reinstatement in 1992, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The president repeated claims about crime, earlier declared a crime emergency despite record-low violent crime, and deployed federal agents and National Guard troops to the city. Critics, including Free DC, said the order is designed to spread fear.
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