Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs the Enforcement of Death Penalty Laws in the District of Columbia
DETERRING AND PUNISHING HEINOUS CRIMES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to fully enforce Federal capital punishment laws to deter and punish the most heinous crimes in our Nation’s capital. The Order directs these Federal prosecutors to seek the