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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The federal government is the entity most responsible for the recent crime wave - USAO dropping charges and super lenient federal judges. Plus, the weirdo Republican judges who are hamstringing MPD from arresting people carrying illegal guns.

The Feds are sandbagging DC.[/quote]

All of those judges were recommended by the Judicial Nomination Commission. And it's not just gun cases, they're crazy in general. The guy who murdered a woman and shot several others in the mass shooting at the Holiday in has been allowed to go free for the past two years while he waits for his trial, even while getting arrested for multiple other crimes. The guy who tried to kill the pub owner on U St. in front of his four year old son had his sentence reduced to 8 months by a judge.

It's surprising that the Judicial Nomination Commission doesn't get more attention. Bowser likes to push empty rhetoric about crime, but she picks some of the members on this commission and (like other things) seems to be neglecting her responsibility.[/quote]'

The Mayor gets two picks (out of seven) on the Commission. The friggin' DC Bar gets two picks and I don't remember voting for any of these people. They serve for six year terms, so it overlaps terms for Mayor, POTUS, and City Councils.

I do blame the JNC for some of the more terrible judge selections, but that really doesn't fall at the feet of the Mayor.

https://jnc.dc.gov/page/about-jnc[/quote]

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