Donald Trump Has Instructed Justice Minister Pam Bondi to Reintroduce The Death Penalty in Washington. The Decision is the latest Attempt by the American President to Strengthen His Grip on the Capital.
Trump signed a so-called presidential memorandum on Thursday. This is a type of decree with which the American President Delegates an Assignment Within His Government. Thursday’s memorandum was addressed to his Department of Justice, which is LED by Bondi.
“You kill some, or you kill a police officer or law enforcement officer: Death Penalty,” Trump Said at the Signing of the Memorandum in the White House. The President is in favor of using the death penalty, which is Still Used in More Than Half of the American States. The Death Penalty was abolished in Washington, DC in 1981.
The Trump Administration is thus break with the policy of his predecessor Joe Biden, who had set himself the goal of phasing out the death penalty as much as possible. Bondi gets used to one stepther on Thursday by saying that the government intends to introduce the death penalty in all fifty States.
However, that is not up to the national government. States USUALLY Decide for Themselves on the Introduction of the Death Penalty. Attempts by the white house to interfere with this will Therefore Encounter Legal Obstacles.
Death Penalty Possible in Practice, But Difficult to Impose
Federal Interference Can also Clash with Local Control in the Capital, News Channel CNN PreviOutly wrote. Most Murder Cases in Washington are Handled by Judges of the Superior Court, who are bound by local rules that do not allow the death penalty.
Yet Washington is a different case than the States. As a Federal District, The Capital Has A Separate Status Within The American Constitutional System. This meant that the local government in Washington Shares Power With the National Government. In Addition to Local Laws, Federal Laws also Apply, With the White House Having A Say.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Washington Can in some Cases Choose to Prosecute at the Federal Level. In Serious Cases, Such as the Murder of A Government Employee, Trump Wants The Death Penalty to Be Imported via That Federal Route. In practice, IT is Difficult to Impose The Death Penalty, even if suspects are prosecuted under Federal Laws.
Yet the President is sending a signal with the signing of the memorandum. It is a new attempt by the government to strengthen grip on the capital. Opponents Claim That Trump is Undermining Washington’s Self-Government, Writes The Washington Post .
Earlier, the President Tested Local Control by Sending Troops from the National Guard to the Capital. Trump Said Hey this because the wave of crime that was supposedly plaguing the city, which said legitimized the deployment of Federal Troops. In reality, crime in the city was decreasing.