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Donald Trump threatens the death penalty for murderers in Washington
Nobody was executed in the US capital Washington DC since 1957. The US President wants to change this and considers it to be a “very strong preventive measure”.
US President Donald Trump has announced that the death penalty will be sought in the capital Washington in the future when a murder is committed there. It was a “very strong preventive measure,” said the Republican in the White House.
The death penalty in the United States is still permitted at the federal level, the military and in 27 states, but is not actually enforced everywhere. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, no one has been executed in Washington since 1957; In 1981 the city council abolished the death penalty. However, the federal government can decide to accuse suspects at the federal level.
Before taking office, Trump had declared that he would instruct the Ministry of Justice to consistently pursue the death penalty. Under his democratic predecessor Joe Biden, executions at the federal level were exposed to.
Washington as a test field for authoritarian course?
The announcement is part of Trump’s intensified approach in the capital, in which he has further powers as president than in the states. About two weeks ago he activated the national guard and temporarily put the local police under federal supervision – but legal resistance is underway. Since then, national guard and federal authorities have been increasingly deployed, and underlying offenses should also be pursued consistently and as possible.
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Trump keeps drawing the image of a capital in which crime and violence have been completely out of control. However, police statistics speak a different language. Critics warn that the President Uses Washington as a field of experimentation for an authoritarian government style. Experts also emphasize that sharper punishments hardly contribute reliably to reduce crime – therefore more sustainable effects prevention and social programs.
Many executions in the first term of office by Donald Trump
At the beginning of Trump’s first term (2017 to 2021) there was initially no executions at the federal level. In fact, de facto had passed a break since 2003. Shortly before the end of his term, however, Trump had the enforcements resumed. 13 people were executed at the federal level within a few months, more than any other US president for decades.
According to surveys, a narrow majority of Americans continue to support the death penalty. However, doubts about justice, discrimination and unequal legal representation have decreased approval in recent years. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, more than 2,000 people are currently in the death wing of US prisons; According to this, 29 people have been executed since the beginning of the year.
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