President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration would seek the death penalty for murder convictions in Washington, D.C.
The proposal, delivered during Trump’s seventh Cabinet meeting at the White House, came weeks after the president federalized the Metropolitan Police Department and mobilized hundreds of National Guard troops and other federal law enforcement assets in attempts to tackle crime in the district.
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