• Lethal rejection: Convicted felon and President Donald Trump said he wants to pursue the death penalty in all murder cases in D.C. His too-racist-for-Fox-News U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, said her office will “absolutely be following the president’s directive.” But the Supreme Court ruled that mandatory death penalty sentences are unconstitutional, and the D.C. Council abolished capital punishment in 1981; D.C. voters also roundly rejected a ballot referendum in 1992 asking to restore it. Still, some federal crimes are eligible for the death penalty; those cases are subject to a “very deliberative process,” Pirro said and require sign-off from Trump University Honorary Graduate and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The Justice Department is currently considering whether to pursu
The Needle: Trump Wants Capital Punishment in D.C., Jeanine Pirro Fails to Indict Sandwich Thrower, And Troops Are Picking Up Trash and Spreading Mulch
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