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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s comical that with rising crime the city is going to reform the criminal justice code so it’s more lenient.[/quote]

The criminal code reform is not about making it more lenient. It is about modernizing it. The DC criminal code has not undergone a comprehensive revision in about a century, which is way out of step with what other jurisdictions have done. The recommendations that formed the foundation for the current bill were formed over the course of 4 years by a diverse group of participants. They are not winging it to be soft on crime. If you are interested in learning more, I'd suggest you check out: https://ccrc.dc.gov/page/frequently-asked-questions-8[/quote]

All I can discern from your post is equity platitudes and euphemisms for being soft on crime.

That’s great it’s a diverse group that’s working on it. I mean it that.

But at the same time all the “modernization” will do is result in either abolishing what’s considered a crime altogether to help the statistics, things like quality of life crimes, or the modernization will allow shorter periods of incarceration which lets violent criminals back on the streets sooner, or really it will just be a bunch of novel things implemented with the input of sociologists and folks who take a “holistic look at crime with more of a focus on eradicating poverty and ensuring criminals get the Rehabiliation they need to function” and blah blah…

I live in this town. I see what the council is doing. Whether it’s 9m for violence interruptors in the face of violent crime increase. All the studies show they have no efficacy. Or if it’s Charles Allen and his raising the age for the youth rehab act to 26 to shield criminals records. Or allowing people with thousands of dollars to speeding tickets to keep their licenses because tickets “are oppression” or let fare evasion through or not trying to even stop the atv riders or just simply an antonistic approach to the police budget or basically how the court system works and how teens get a slap on the wrist and they know it…I’m pretty liberal, but on crime? Get the fk out of here. I was here in the 90s. I have seen people stabbed. Why do you want to coddle these people with your weak on crime nonsense? If anyone, anyone commits a violent act they should be in jail. [/quote]

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