President Trump said Tuesday the federal government would seek the death penalty for murders committed in Washington, D.C., the latest move in his administration’s federal crackdown on crime. "If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, D.C., we're going to be seeking the death penalty. And that's a very strong preventative," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. The District of Columbia hasn't executed anyone since 1957, and the D.C. City Council abolished the death penalty in 1981. h