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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump seeks ‘capital, capital punishment’ for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Donald Trump wants anyone who kills someone in the nation’s capital to face the death penalty, which was abolished by the city’s government more than 40 years ago.

“Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment,” the president told reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

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