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[quote=Anonymous]Grave’s letter is worth reading::

“With respect to the Sentencing Guidelines, I previously explained that the Sentencing Commission reported in 2022 that 57 percent of those sentenced on our most commonly charged firearms offense—Carrying a Pistol Without a License—received a sentence of probation, and an additional 30 percent received a “short-split” sentence—a sentence that by definition can be no greater than six months in jail and is often a sentence of just a couple of days in jail. Of the roughly 13 percent who received a sentence of more than six months in jail, the majority were also convicted of offenses where they actually used the firearm and were not solely convicted of possessing an illegal firearm. “

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“The last point bears repeating. In the same year where we saw 203 homicides, 158 sexual abuse offenses, 485 carjackings, 1387 assaults with dangerous weapons, and 2082 robberies, about 50 people in total received a sentence of 10 or more years. There very well may be jurisdictions whose current sentencing practices are leading to sentences that are greater than what is necessary to achieve the purposes of sentencing. The data makes clear that the District of Columbia is not such a jurisdiction. Instead, with the types of crime we see in our community, the only reasonable conclusion from this data is that in our most serious offenses, we are not seeing sentences that adequately reflect the harm these offenses cause to the community.”

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“Simply put, the Second Look Act has created a perception that there is a 15-year maximum for any crime in the District for anyone who was under 25 at the time of the offense— which, of course, represents a substantial portion of the people charged with our most serious offenses. This perception that there is a 15 -year maximum has groundings in reality.”

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“Indeed, just last month, a jury in federal court found an individual guilty of multiple felonies committed less than one year after getting released from prison under the Second Look Act after serving a total of 26 years for 3 separate murder convictions.”

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On this nominee specifically:

“The Court was “highly troubled by a specific characteristic that has been displayed consistently throughout his post-conviction history that seems at odds with any claim to integrity”: his “deliberate dishonesty in his dealings with the Court” and “his willingness to commit actual perjury repeatedly, including as recently as in 2014.”

https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Letter-USAO-DC-to-Council-1-2-24-FINAL.pdf[/quote]

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