Killing of National Guard Member Puts US Death Penalty in Focus

The killing of a National Guard member in Washington DC has revived attention on the use of capital punishment in the US. Attorney General Pam Bondi said authorities will seek the death penalty for the individual arrested in the Nov. 26 shooting of the service member and a colleague who was critically wounded. They were in the US capital as part of President Donald Trump’s deployment of military personnel to American cities.

The president and Bondi have made the death penalty a priority from the early days of the Trump administration.