Trump says administration will seek death penalty in all DC murder cases. That could be difficult in practice.

(CNN) — President Donald Trump said that his administration will seek the death penalty in all murder cases in Washington, DC, a move that could run into significant obstacles with city juries.

“Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we’re going to be seeking the death penalty,” the president said during a meeting with Cabinet members Tuesday.

The president did not immediately outline any specifics, but called capital punishment a “very strong preventative” measure. States, he said, “are going to have to make their own decision,” though in the nation’s capital, prosecutors would seek the death penalty.

“We have no choice,” he said.

Traditionally, the DC Superior Court handles