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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously???? These kid criminals need some consequences[/quote]

Ok MAGA.   :roll: [/quote]

She’s not wrong. [/quote]

I am DEFINITELY NOT MAGA (and a DP) but there needs to be consequences. I am a die hard Dem but Bowser is a failure on crime. Car jackers aren't even prosecuted for the most part. Need to make it a FEDERAL CRIME and bring out the National Guard if necessary. This city council is a JOKE and I used to like Bowser but she is an even bigger JOKE.[/quote]

You do understand that the DC courts ARE run by the federal government, right? The District of Columbia Courts is an independent agency of the District of Columbia Government and is [b]not under the authority of the City Mayor or the DC Council.[/b] DC Courts' appropriation comes directly from Congress.

Same with the prosecutors: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia is unique among U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the size and scope of its work. It serves as [b]both the local and the federal prosecutor[/b] for the nation’s capital. On the local side, these prosecutions extend from misdemeanor drug possession cases to murders. On the federal side, these prosecutions extend from child pornography to gangs to financial fraud to terrorism.

Also, when DC passes criminal laws, Congress can reject or repeal them, and they have especially any gun laws DC passes.

So the question is, why is the federal government intentionally turning DC into a crime cesspool by refusing to prosecute and releasing offenders DC police arrest and going light on sentences? And, since the Mayor has no control over this by law, why are people blaming the Mayor?  Personally, not a fan of her, but this is a federal problem and suggesting that giving the feds more power over DC would help DC crime is laughably ignorant.[/quote]

Not the PP and I am definitely interested in the feds role. But DC (Council, Mayor, Department of Youth, AG) also have a role. Please don't obfuscate either[/quote]

DC AG (locally elected office has a higher prosecution rate of kiddy criminals than the USAO for criminal over age 18. It's crazy how badly the DOJ is letting young adult criminals run rampant. [/quote]

I'm curious about outcomes and how that number is calculated tbh. If kid gets ineffective and unenforced diversion, is that counted as "prosecution"? If they are released with "services" does that count as "prosecution"? I have not seen a lot of breakdown re: those numbers and suspect the description is quite misleading. [/quote]

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