I received some criticism a while back for trying to figure out some way for Trump’s idea of a national death penalty for cop killers to become law. I understand the federal overreach problems, but there is an ongoing war against our police and they’re getting murdered now almost daily.
IMHO, the only way to stop it is deterrence, and anyone who kills a cop should know that their justice will involve a dirt nap. If it still happens in some cases, we’ll at least have done everything we could.
Trump isn’t going to risk a split enough to really do that.
But here’s another scenario, kind of out of “Black Sheep Squadron.” Those who did it will be spared on condition that they volunteer and serve satisfactorily for highly risky missions, including that of negotiating with dangerous holed-up fugitives.
Technically, you could just pass that as a federal law, but it is almost a certainty that federal courts would strike it down, because they tightly regulate capital offenses.