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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, DC politicians (who could change this) considers all car crime a victimless crime to take up with insurers. And when someone gets hurt when it escalates I'm sure they feel just terrible. It's awful.[/quote] Carjacking is not considered a “victimless crime” in DC. DC law is already disproportionately harsh on carjacking offenses. It is punished more harshly than any other kind of robbery. Carjacking sentencing is so harsh that innocent people charged with carjacking will sometimes accept a plea to a lesser offense just to avoid the risk of being falsely convicted of carjacking at trial. (This is the case with many offenses that carry long mandatory minimum sentences.) To be clear, simply stealing an empty car is theft, not carjacking. Carjacking is taking a car directly from a person.[/quote]
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