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And, I don’t know if we’re ready for it in this country, but we have… we have no choice.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu3cnc1000e01wt1h0h1y2y@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&amp;feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7680086_2025-08-26-205526&amp;withPlaylist=false&amp;theme=dark&amp;playerDisplay-download=false&amp;playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>', 'isIframe': True, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&amp;feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7680086_2025-08-26-205526&amp;withPlaylist=false&amp;theme=dark&amp;playerDisplay-download=false&amp;playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cmeu3niup001w357ttvxahgcl@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'This announcement comes after <a href="https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/national/after-dc-could-trump-take-over-other-cities-he-says-yes">the federal takeover of law enforcement</a> in Washington D.C., a move Trump has said was made to counter rampant crime in the city. It also falls in line with the sentiment of an executive order he issued on his first day in office titled “<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-the-death-penalty-and-protecting-public-safety/">Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety</a>” that criticized the approach his predecessors – former President Barack Obama and former President Joe Biden – had towards capital punishment.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7apm8004t357tfeqay55u@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“For too long, politicians and judges who oppose capital punishment have defied and subverted the laws of our country,” reads the order, which calls for capital punishment laws to be implemented. “At every turn, they seek to thwart the execution of lawfully imposed capital sentences and choose to enforce their personal beliefs rather than the law.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7apoz004u357tonez842v@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/26/trump-death-penalty-washington-dc-murder-charge/85834583007/">USA Today noted</a> that Trump made restoring the death penalty a major campaign issue last year. <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/1606/death-penalty.aspx">Gallup polling</a> conducted last fall found that public support for capital punishment had hit a record low, but was still over 50%.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7aprh004v357tj4i4i0ap@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<a href="https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/district-of-columbia">According to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)</a>, there has not been an execution in D.C. since Robert Carter died in 1957. He was con\xadvict\xaded of fatal\xadly shoot\xading an off-duty police offi\xadcer who pur\xadsued him after a robbery. Although the jury recommended mercy, the law at the time mandated the death penalty.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7apw5004w357t2xo4f5w7@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'A Supreme Court decision nullified the D.C. death penalty in 1972 and it was repealed in 1981 by the D.C. council. Then, district res\xadi\xaddents vot\xaded\xa0two to one\xa0against the death penal\xadty in a\xa01992\xa0ref\xader\xaden\xaddum ordered by Congress.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7apyz004x357t7aadgda1@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“In\xa01997, the D.C. 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Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/national/will-california-reinstitute-the-death-penalty">Audacy reported</a> that new Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said capital punishment could soon be back on the table in California, another state that does not currently have the death penalty.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7aq4g004z357tvb7bnz2n@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'While Trump’s executive order called capital punishment “an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens,” others have criticized the practice. For example, the human rights organization Amnesty International calls the death penalty:<strong> </strong>“<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/death-penalty/">the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment</a>.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7aq740050357t1ibvkmrr@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Some who advocate against the death penalty point to people who have served time on death row and were ultimately exonerated. DPIC data shows that 200 death row prisoners have been exonerated from 1972 to 2024, <a href="https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/3-people-have-already-been-executed-this-year-in-the-u-s">including three last year</a>. USA Today said Trump’s announcement regarding D.C. was met with mixed reactions and that his own supporters have rallied around it.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeu7aq9r0051357tmacdhhms@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<a href="https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/3-people-have-already-been-executed-this-year-in-the-u-s">More than 1,600 people in the U.S. have been executed since the 1970s</a>, but actual executions in the U.S. have declined over the past two decades. 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