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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dc is releasing murderers after 10 years. Thry should be serving life [/quote]

Oh my goodness, that sounds terrible. I'd love to learn more. Can you please share some examples or newspaper articles of even a shred of evidence that this is true and not something you made up?[/quote] they passed a law a few years ago that allows release after 10 years if they committed their crime if they were younger than 25. It was all over the news [/quote]

Yes, it's 15 years, not 10. And it merely allows for individuals to petition for release. A judge ultimately makes the determination based on 11 statutory criteria. Some end up released, some do not.

And, most importantly, after five years, only seven people (or 5.6%) have been re-arrested and are awaiting a court proceeding. [/quote] you understand only a tiny minority of dc violent crimes actually have an arrest let alone a conviction right? [/quote]

I'd love to see some data. The homicide closure rate is around 2/3rds. I have not seen the data on other violent crime. Since you know it is a tiny minority, I'd love to see it.

But, more importantly, most of these folks released are under intense supervision - some for life. So, unlike some random DC resident, their actions are pretty tightly monitored.

Are you insinuating that we can safely assume that far more people released via this second look provision have committed crimes that are not just not detected?

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