唐纳德·特朗普总统周二表示，华盛顿的所有谋杀起诉都应该是死刑案件。
“任何人在首都谋杀了什么东西，都要判死刑...如果有人在首都华盛顿特区杀人，我们将寻求死刑，”特朗普在他的内阁聚集在白宫时告诉记者。
“我不知道我们在这个国家是否准备好了，但我们已经准备好了——我们别无选择。所以在华盛顿特区，各州必须做出自己的决定，但是如果有人杀了人...这是死刑，好吗?”特朗普补充道。
华盛顿目前没有死刑。华盛顿市议会几十年前就废除了它。
Trump says he wants to seek death penalty for murder cases in DC
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said all murder prosecutions in Washington should be capital punishment cases.
"Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment ... If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, D.C., we're going to be seeking the death penalty," Trump told reporters as his Cabinet gathered at the White House.
"I don't know if we're ready for it in this country, but we have it is -- we have no choice. So in D.C., in Washington -- states are going to have to make their own decision -- but if somebody kills somebody ... it's the death penalty, okay?" Trump added.
Washington does not currently have a death penalty. The D.C. City Council repealed it decades ago.
