Trump calls for death penalty for anyone charged with killing someone in Washington, DC

President Donald Trump announced Aug. 26 that anyone who kills a person in the nation's capital will be charged with the death penalty, a vow that will likely ratchet up the already heated national debate about capital punishment.

Trump was talking about reducing crime in Washington at his Cabinet meeting when he pivoted and said, “If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we're going to be seeking the death penalty."

"And that's a very strong preventative. And everybody that's heard it agrees with it," Trump added. "I don't know if we're ready for it in this country, but ... we have no choice."

Trump also said other states, which are not under the sway of the federal government as much as the District of Columbia, would have to decide on their own whether to follow suit.

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