President Donald Trump signed an executive order that instructs his top prosecutors to seek the death penalty “in all appropriate cases” in Washington, D.C.
Trump signed the order Thursday in the Oval Office.
“The Attorney General and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia shall fully enforce Federal law with respect to capital punishment in the District of Columbia by seeking the death penalty in all appropriate cases where, following full examination of the evidence and other relevant information, the applicable factors justify a sentence of death,” the order said.
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