
Death penalty could return in nation's capital under Trump’s DC crime crackdown
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Trump reveals intention to revive death penalty in D.C. for murder cases, calling it a strong preventative measure during Cabinet meeting.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
The 1972 Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia determined that the death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment's provision barring cruel and unusual punishment, and the D.C. Council officially rescinded the death penalty in 1981, according to the nonprofit organization the Death Penalty Information Center.
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