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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Closure rates on murders have hovered around 60-70% the last five years.  Chance you walk when you get a jury trail in DC?  And then you only see 15 years.

Allen's a fool but you elected him and you'll do it again.

Worst part is that while you'll scream fairness murders in DC are almost 100% black on black so by defunding police and being soft on crime you're actually hurting those you're trying to help.  [/quote]

First, you don't see "only" 15 years for a murder case. Thirty years is the low end of the sentencing range for first degree murder. I do not know the details of this bill. But if a young person can, 15 years later, show that they are rehabilitated and get released onto a supervised release program safely, it does not help any community or person to pay for them to be in jail for an additional fifteen years.  And please stop with the "black on black" business.  In white communities and households, murders are "white on white," because murder usually happen within a community or household.  Fairness is right in every community.  What could possible be wrong with "fairness"? Don't you want fairness? [/quote]

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