{"id":2479255,"date":"2025-08-26T20:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-capital-capital-punishment-plan-we-have-no-choice\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:17:01","slug":"trump-announces-capital-capital-punishment-plan-we-have-no-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-capital-capital-punishment-plan-we-have-no-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces &#8216;Capital Capital Punishment&#8217; Plan: &#8216;We Have No Choice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-capital-capital-punishment-plan-we-have-no-choice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2479255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump announced that murderers in Washington, D.C., will face the death penalty, aiming to make the city crime-free. he emphasized that capital punishment will be sought for anyone who commits murder in the capital, calling it a strong deterrent. This directive aligns with efforts by local authorities and the Attorney General, who will decide on pursuing the death penalty in appropriate cases. Washington, D.C., has been experiencing significant violent crime, prompting calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stricter law enforcement measures<\/a>. The last execution in D.C.occurred in the 1950s, marking this as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-growing-democratic-opposition-to-cheap-labor-migration\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Growing Democratic Opposition to Cheap Labor Migration\">significant shift<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-heroic-female-nypd-cop-carries-wounded-child-to-safety-in-midst-of-times-square-shooting\/\" title=\"WATCH: Heroic Female NYPD Cop Carries Wounded Child To Safety In Midst Of Times Square Shooting\">criminal justice policy<\/a> for the city.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Murderers in Washington, D.C., will face the death penalty, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;ll be a crime-free city,&rdquo; Trump said at a Cabinet meeting, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2025\/08\/26\/trump_feds_will_seek_death_penalty_for_all_murders_in_dc_capital_punishment_in_the_capital.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Clear Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anybody who murders something in the capital, capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment,&rdquo; Trump said in a video posted to X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If somebody kills somebody, in the capital, Washington, D.C., we&rsquo;re going to be seeking the death penalty,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And it&rsquo;s a very strong preventative, and everybody that&rsquo;s heard it agrees with it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>: &ldquo;If somebody kills somebody in the capital &mdash; Washington, D.C. &mdash; we&rsquo;re going to be seeking the death penalty.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Aa47sLzDbk\">pic.twitter.com\/Aa47sLzDbk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1960391379726553583?\">August 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So in D.C., in Washington &mdash; states are gonna have to make their own decision &mdash; but if somebody kills somebody, like you could have been killed, you&rsquo;re very lucky you didn&rsquo;t get killed, it&rsquo;s the death penalty, okay?&rdquo; Trump said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/asylum-seeker-accused-sexually-assaulting-school-girls-just-1-week-arriving-ethiopia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear who Trump singled out.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, as Trump began his crackdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-yes-dc-police-crime-lab-lost-certifications-2021-still-doesnt-back-prosecutions-plummeted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crime in Washington<\/a>, ABC News anchor Kyra Phillips noted that crime was an everyday issue for anyone who works in the nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can tell you firsthand here in downtown D.C. where we work, right here around our bureau, just in the past six months, you know, there were two people shot, one person died, literally two blocks down here from the bureau,&rdquo; Phillips said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1954986309501571384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was within the last two years that I actually was jumped walking just two blocks down from here,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then, just this morning, one of my co-workers said her car was stolen a block away from the bureau,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we can talk about the numbers going down, but crime is happening every single day because we&rsquo;re all experiencing it firsthand while working and living down here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Seeking the death penalty would be up to Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-kash-patel-hire-co-deputy-director-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/live-updates\/trump-admin-live-updates\/?id=124929306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will absolutely be following the president&rsquo;s directive, and it ultimately is in the hands of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a>, who makes that decision,&rdquo; Pirro said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the president came in, the attorney general indicated that we would be seeking the death penalty in appropriate cases,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that what the public is seeing is that Washington has been far too violent, one of the most violent cities, unfortunately, in the country, and it is time that we recognize that law and order is back in D.C., and that we will use all legal sanctions and sentences as called for by law,&rdquo; Pirro continued.<\/p>\n<p>The last execution in D.C. was in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, he stated, &#8220;It&#8217;ll be a crime-free city,&#8221; as reported by Real Clear Politics. In a video shared on X, Trump emphasized that anyone who commits murder in the capital will face capital punishment. He added that pursuing the death penalty serves as a strong deterrent and is widely supported.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also mentioned uncertainty about whether the country is ready for this measure but insisted it&#8217;s necessary. He highlighted that while states must decide for themselves, in D.C., those who kill could face execution.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, ABC News anchor Kyra Phillips described crime as an everyday reality in downtown Washington, sharing personal experiences of violence and theft near her workplace.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to seek the death penalty would rest with Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed they would follow the president&#8217;s directive when appropriate. 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