Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed bill passed unanimously by Democratic council
The D.C. Council is expected to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of sweeping criminal reform legislation that will soften penalties for many violent crimes, including carjackings and burglaries.
Bowser vetoed the Revised Criminal Code Act earlier this month after the council, which lacks a single Republican member, voted unanimously to adopt it in November. The overhaul of the city’s criminal code includes reduced maximum sentences, the elimination of nearly all mandatory minimum sentences, and expanded rights to jury trials by those accused of misdemeanors.
Criminal justice reform advocates say the bill is necessary to modernize the law, which was written in 1901, and ensure that punishments are proportionate to the crimes being committed.
But opponents have sounded the alarm on provisions that would allow D.C. inmates to ask for early release 20 years into their sentence, even those accused of violent crimes like murder or sexual assault.
You will just have to shoot them yourself then !!!!!
Time to HARDEN Penalties in America !!! The system is a JOKE to Criminals !!!!!!!
Time to FIRE alot of Politicians & DA’s !!!!!!!!!!!
Meanwhile, if you went into the capitol and took pictures on Jan 6, 2020, your still in the Gulag
Enforce the Death Penalty / Take away the Loopholes !!!!!! Other countries do & it is needed Here too !!!!!!!!