The issue focused on what was being done to allow law enforcement to take "the fight to the local government. The death penalty is the first war to be won in the US. In this case, the city of Chicago is not at war with the state. The main question is: what is the level of violence in the city to make that going any further?"

The court said the city's version of the death penalty is "unprecedented" in the US.

"The question is: