How to get rid of Charles Allen?
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Anonymous
| You'd be better off focusing on the redistricting process and getting his house zoned out of Ward 6. This was easier when he lived closer to the ward boundary, especially since people on Capitol Hill aren't going to want to be in Ward 5 or 7, but Ward 6 is going to have to shrink somewhere. If Capitol Hill residents really don't like having them as their councilmember this may be the easiest way out. Of course, that assumes they prefer McDuffie or Gray instead. |
Anonymous
I actually think Charles Allen is most popular on the Hill within Ward 6. |
Anonymous
Not excuse them would be a start |
Anonymous
PP, an (not the only) issue is that Charles Allen does not support judges who seriously review and consider the originating offense when considering whether to grant this clemency. He wrote a letter scolding a judge who did (See below). Given that sexual violence crime recidivism is notably high, and given Charles Allen's record of intolerance for considering the nature of the crime among other factors, I firmly believe that anyone who supports Charles Allen is rape-friendly. Please educate yourself. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local-opinions/dcs-early-release-bill-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-sex-crime-victims/2019/08/16/a55fd940-bdf1-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html "Allen is so dead-set on this program that in July he chastised Judge Michael O’Keefe for denying a resentencing to Rodney C. Williams, who was convicted in 1983 of multiple burglaries and sexual assaults. Both incensed and curious, I requested the full text of Allen’s letter to the judge and the full scope of Williams’s crimes from the Justice Department. The contents sickened me. In the letter, Allen chastised the judge for “rely[ing] heavily on the circumstances surrounding the original offenses, rather than evidence of his rehabilitation and conduct while incarcerated. Williams’s underlying offenses are relevant. Williams, along with other armed men, participated in four brutal home invasions. They raped women. On Sept. 8, 1982, they raped a mother and her 9-year-old daughter. The little girl screamed that “it hurt,” so they stopped raping her. Williams watched the little girl get raped and did nothing to help her. The judge was right to rely heavily on the underlying crimes when reviewing Williams’s early-release petition. Williams may have been only 17 years old when he raped women, but he destroyed their lives. Williams and all 24-year-old violent, sexual offenders should serve their full sentences. We owe that to victims." https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-is-considering-giving-more-prisoners-a-chance-for-early-release-prosecutors-are-pushing-back/2019/08/03/c1b55312-a970-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html "In a July 19 letter to Judge Michael O’Keefe obtained by The Washington Post, Allen took issue with the judge’s recent denial of a resentencing petition. The inmate, Rodney C. Williams, now 54, was arrested in 1982 and convicted the following year of multiple burglaries and sexual assaults, including the rape of a 9-year-old girl, according to court records. Allen wrote he believed O’Keefe relied “heavily on the circumstances surrounding the original offenses, rather than evidence of [Williams’s] rehabilitation and conduct while incarcerated for the past 37 years.”" https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-bill-seeks-make-over-500-violent-criminals-including-many-rapists-and-murderers "More than 70 defendants have filed motions for sentence reduction or are in the process of doing so. To date, approximately 17 motions have been ruled on and only one petition has been denied. Of the 16 motions granted, 12 cases involved murders, two cases involved rapes, one case involved armed robbery, and one case involved armed kidnapping. Bureau of Prisons data suggests that of the 583 eligible criminals who could apply for early release under the proposed Amendment, one in three will reoffend within three years of release." https://www.wusa9.com/article/features/producers-picks/violent-dc-criminals-could-get-early-release/65-fa63feb5-9155-428e-9e19-37f55c35007b "You're saying rapists and violent repeat offenders can go back on the street," Jefferies said. "Well, if you feel that way, then let them come into your ward, open your house and take them in." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/dcs-second-look-act-needs-a-second-look/2020/12/13/f956e5a8-3b44-11eb-aad9-8959227280c4_story.html "There are many variables that need to be considered before releasing anyone from prison based on time served and good behavior. How do we know offenders have been successfully rehabilitated? Where are the assurances from offenders’ families that they can support a released person to prevent that person from falling back into criminal activity? How do the families of the victims feel?" |
jsteele
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Taking your advice to educate myself, I looked into the Rodney C. Williams case. According to this article (ignore the headline), he was actually sentenced to 171 years: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/07/12/md-youth-gets-57-years-for-rapes-robberies/f974a529-c46f-43c5-be6f-f28414167cc4/ Without getting into whether Allen was correct with regard to this case, I think there is something wrong with a system that sentences a 17 year old to 171 years of prison. Even if he was paroled at the first opportunity, he would be 74 when he got out of prison. That is greater than the average life expectancy for a black males in the US. There may be some people who deserve to be put into prison and the key thrown away, but I don't know if that should be the case for 17 year olds. |
Anonymous
Thank you for reading up, though Im disappointed in your side stepping the point I made vis Allens judgment. The convicted individual was up for clemency and Charles Allen scolded the judge for taking the originating charge, aiding and abetting a violent home invasion child rape, into consideration when reviewing the clemency appeal. That is the point I made. If Charles Allen and you dont believe sexually violent crimes against children in Washington, DC should be considered when weighing clemency considerations, then in my books, you are rape friendly. In the age of #metoo, I cant believe Charles Allen gets away with this sexual violence victim-hostile stance. |
jsteele
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I generally agree that individuals who have served 37 years for crimes committed when they were 17 should be given consideration for sentence reductions if they can demonstrate rehabilitation. According to this report: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp16.pdf The median time served for rape is 4.2 years. I think rape friendly is a description better used for those satisfied with 4.2 years rather than those who believe 171 is extreme. |
Anonymous
A violent home invasion, parent raped, attention then turned to child while parent helplessly looked on. Charles Allen took time from his day to write a letter to the judge to chastise him/her for considering the facts around the original conviction when weighing clemency. In the case in India where the University student was raped on the bus and eventually died from her injuries, her perpetrators were also youthful. When the ones who werent sentenced to death come up for clemency should only their prison record be considered? Honestly, I have no words for how victims of violent and sadistic sexual violence are treated in this country. |
Anonymous
| Charles Allen is a clown. I’ve followed him and his policies over the years, and I can’t say whether it’s hard core virtue signaling that drives him or just foolish naivete. I’ve also engaged in email exchanges with him on crime and been flabbergasted at his clownish/amateur responses. Even in my early 20s when I was writing constituent responses for a Congressman, I knew better to not write what this guy writes (politics aside). As long as he is my CM, I know the criminal will be more valued than the victim in my ward. |
Anonymous
| He portrays himself as someone with justice reform ideas but is in practice a blind ideologue who does damage to his own platform. Whether taking it upon himself/his office to chastise a judge for taking common-sense steps when considering sentence reductions, or claiming car jackers "seek warmth". He needs to be replaced by someone more moderate, who doesn't alienate the people who would be allies. |
Anonymous
I gave him the benefit of the doubt until his absurd position on school reopening. Which, like magic! changed when WTU negotiated the reopening agreement. A total tool who cares little to find out how to actually help people. |
Anonymous
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The folks tearfully testifying against Allen's second look act are mostly AA crime victims. Chew on that.
No one is saying throw away the key, but the framing of the act had no measures for reform while incarcerated, dissuades judges from considering the originating crime, and was pretty disrespectful to victims' voice. He stinks! |
Anonymous
| He's going to run for mayor, and lose badly. That's how we get rid of him. |
Anonymous
Oooh! |
Anonymous
Remember when Tommy Wells ran for mayor? Or when Ed Lazere ran multiple times for citywide office? Allen will do worse. But his ego is massive and blinding him to the fact that DC will never, ever elect a white male who is pillow-soft on crime |