Youth Rehabilitation Act reform

[Anonymous]

Any other district residents following progress on this? I am sick of the slap on the wrist, catch and release system current in place. Anyone have any insight into how reform is going? The Post articles really seemed to have drummed up interest, at least on neighborhood listservs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any other district residents following progress on this? I am sick of the slap on the wrist, catch and release system current in place. Anyone have any insight into how reform is going? The Post articles really seemed to have drummed up interest, at least on neighborhood listservs.

There is no political will to enact meaningful reform. The system is working precisely as designed. For political leaders to claim that they are shocked, shocked at the state of criminal justice in DC betrays either dishonesty, or breathtaking incompetence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any other district residents following progress on this? I am sick of the slap on the wrist, catch and release system current in place. Anyone have any insight into how reform is going? The Post articles really seemed to have drummed up interest, at least on neighborhood listservs.

There is no political will to enact meaningful reform. The system is working precisely as designed. For political leaders to claim that they are shocked, shocked at the state of criminal justice in DC betrays either dishonesty, or breathtaking incompetence.

+1

[Anonymous]

OP, with the exception of the presidential race-- this DC democrat voted straight Republican on DC politics. The Youth Rehabilitation Act shows how completely unchecked liberalism can have disastrous results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any other district residents following progress on this? I am sick of the slap on the wrist, catch and release system current in place. Anyone have any insight into how reform is going? The Post articles really seemed to have drummed up interest, at least on neighborhood listservs.

There is no political will to enact meaningful reform. The system is working precisely as designed. For political leaders to claim that they are shocked, shocked at the state of criminal justice in DC betrays either dishonesty, or breathtaking incompetence.

+1

+2. The articles were appalling, but I expect no action from politicians on this. It is absolutely designed to do what it is doing.

[Anonymous]

We receive email updates from one of our ANC6B representatives Denise Krepp. This morning she sent an update that at last night's ANC meeting, the majority of the ANC6B Commissioners voted against a proposal to limit the Youth Rehabilitation Act to non-violent crimes.
Commissioners Oldenberg, Loots, Hoskins, Hagedorn, and Jayaraman voted against it. Commissioner Grace abstained. Commissioner Burger did not attend the meeting but was opposed to the changes.

The Commissioners opposed limiting the Youth Rehabilitation Act claiming lack of data for how many times an individual under the age of 22 can commit violent crimes before the Youth Rehabilitation Act no longer applies to him or her. Definition of violent crimes can be found below.

§ 23–1331. Definitions.

(4) The term “crime of violence” means aggravated assault; act of terrorism; arson; assault on a police officer (felony); assault with a dangerous weapon; assault with intent to kill, commit first degree sexual abuse, commit second degree sexual abuse, or commit child sexual abuse; assault with significant bodily injury; assault with intent to commit any other offense; burglary; carjacking; armed carjacking; child sexual abuse; cruelty to children in the first degree; extortion or blackmail accompanied by threats of violence; gang recruitment, participation, or retention by the use or threatened use of force, coercion, or intimidation; kidnapping; malicious disfigurement; manslaughter; manufacture or possession of a weapon of mass destruction; mayhem; murder; robbery; sexual abuse in the first, second, or third degrees; use, dissemination, or detonation of a weapon of mass destruction; or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, with the exception of the presidential race-- this DC democrat voted straight Republican on DC politics. The Youth Rehabilitation Act shows how completely unchecked liberalism can have disastrous results.

I do the same in Arlington. I work downtown and keep up with what is happening. Life long democrat, but I think unchecked liberalism has unintended consequences.

[Anonymous]

Teenagers are turning to robbery at an alarming rate in the area:

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/231492514-story

[Anonymous]

From link above ( in part only)

WASHINGTON - There is an alarming number of teenagers and even pre-teens being arrested for robbery in the District. Since October, D.C. police say officers have charged 69 juveniles with the crime – with three of them as young as 12 years old.

In addition, the number of juveniles charged with a crime is up significantly over the last year.

We started noticing this trend when D.C. police began listing the ages of the people they were arresting for robbery. It is not something the department had previously done.

We began to count the number of young teenagers between 12 to 17 years old who are being charged with robbery, and according to the D.C. Attorney General, robbery arrests are up 8 percent from 2015 to 2016.


Robberies in the District of Columbia have been a major crime concern for years. So much so, a year ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced police would form of a task force that would do nothing but investigate and prosecute the people stealing property in what are often violent assaults.

But what has become clear in recent months is that a large number of these robberies are being committed by juveniles.

"I think what is going on unfortunately is that increasingly, a lot of young people frankly are not engaged in productive activity, and where they are idle, they are prone to get together and make bad decisions,” said Karl Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia.

Since October, these are the teenagers between 12 and 17 years old arrested for robbery:

- 12 years old – 3
- 13 years old – 6
- 14 years old – 7
- 15 years old – 14
- 16 years old – 28
- 17 years old – 11

[Anonymous]

Under Obama, these minors were euphemistically called:

"Justice-involved youth."

Apparently, the term "juvenile delinquent" was too pejorative, and risked offending the delecate esteem of these young men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, with the exception of the presidential race-- this DC democrat voted straight Republican on DC politics. The Youth Rehabilitation Act shows how completely unchecked liberalism can have disastrous results.

I did the same. It's time for us to make Republican a viable party in DC. Who do we donate to? If we don't course correct this Council we will end up being SF.