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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there is a federal government conspiracy to release criminals in DC or...what is the reasoning here?[/quote]

More likely is that DC USAO is (1) overwhelmed with cases given the jurisdiction and (2) deprioritizes local crimes in favor of big stuff involving international conspiracy, money, national security, etc.

In short, the local crime prosecution unit is probably the backwater of DOJ that no one wants to do. It’s probably staffed with a bunch of people straight out of law school biding their time to jump to more prestigious gigs in DOJ.

It really should not be on DOJ to prosecute.[/quote]

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.  First of all, local prosecution assignments offer AUSAs lots more trial experience, earlier and at a level that they might not get in other offices.  Second, the unit has some very experienced attorneys.  Decisions on what and whom to charge depend a lot on the strength of the evidence, and the work of MPD can be uneven. There are already resource constraints on prosecuting misdemeanor cases.  Were the DC Council bill to take effect, it would have effectively decriminalized misdemeanors in the District of Columbia.[/quote]

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