"Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment," President Trump said during a televised Cabinet meeting.

The president calls for seeking the death penalty in all D.C. murder cases and wants to extend the current 30 day period of control over the city’s police.

President Trump's call for the death penalty as punishment for homicides in Washington, D.C., isn't a simple ask. The big picture: Though capital punishment remains legal in more than two dozen states,