New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- President Donald Trump on Monday signed a pair of executive orders aimed at reshaping the nation's criminal justice system, targeting cashless bail policies and renewing efforts to penalize flag desecration.

One order directs law enforcement in Washington, D.C., to hold suspects in federal custody "to the fullest extent permissible" under the law, effectively ending the city's decades-old cashless bail system. A second order requires the Justice Department to compile a list of jurisdictions across the country that still use cashless bail, with the threat of federal funding cuts to pressure them into compliance.

Trump argued the move was necessary to tackle what he described as rising lawlessness in Democratic-run c...