The D.C. Council is on the verge of passing a bill that could put some violent offenders back on the streets.
It’s called the Second Look Amendment Act, and if passed, people who committed crimes before the age of 25 could ask a judge for early release once they’ve served 15 years of their sentence.
For Jeff Magill, the legislation hits home – because it could potentially apply to the person who is accused of randomly murdering his daughter, Margery, when she was out walking a dog on Irving Street NW in August 2019. At the time, that suspect was 24 years old.
“I just can’t believe that they would after 15 years tell somebody, ‘Hey, you know what, you’re going to get a second look, a second chance.’ My daughter doesn’t get a second look or second chance,” Magill told FOX 5 Friday. “This takes the justice, the rule of law, those kinds of things out of it. And so if you have that, what do you have? You have nothing.”