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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I am a DC resident and would favor stronger home rule it's wild that THIS veto, all things is what's becoming the rallying cry.

I mean, the DC crime reform bill is objectively shitty.  Everyone living in DC is sick and tired of the lack of deterrence and that violent repeat offenders being continuously released back on the streets with a slap on the wrist.

This post in particular sums up my frustration - it's not the mandatory maximums, it's the lack of, and repeal of mandatory MINIMUMs.

https://twitter.com/JohnFubka/status/1631396148077273108[/quote]

Do you really not understand that violent repeat offenders are being continuously released not because of a lack of mandatory minimums or too short maximums, but because the AUSA - a federal agency - is not prosecuting and that one of the reasons for the lack of prosecutions is because of the complexity of DC’s outdated code? I’m not going to defend everything in the RCCA because I don’t agree with all of it (and no one does, just like every piece of consequential legislation) but you and many others on here - and a good chunk of our national politicians - have bought a cheap lie that completely misrepresents the RCCA bill and ultimately works against making DC safer.[/quote]

No, you're misrepresenting the RCCA by conflating two separate things:

The first half of the bill was about updating the definition of crimes that no longer made sense. Everyone was for those common sense reforms.

But then Charles Allen began larding up the bill with this super left-wing wish list, such as eliminating minimums for almost all crimes and needlessly clogging up the courts so even more cases get dropped and criminals go free.

Also, chill out. The DC council can just re-propose the crime bill based on just the first half that actually made sense.[/quote]

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