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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What can we do at this point? (Besides vote against Charles Allen but I was already going to that)[/quote]

Pretty much nothing.  Current DC political leadership, and anyone that might foreseeably be elected here anytime soon, believes as a matter of policy that it is better to tolerate a higher crime rate in order to reduce incarceration and avoid damaging the life prospects of offenders to the extent possible.  They aren’t pro-crime or anti-public order per se, but those are less important considerations.  Crime victims are regrettable collateral damage. [/quote]

This is the view of the far left -- that every kid who beats up an old woman on the bus is one hug away from becoming a brain surgeon. We don't have to elect far left extremists. In fact, one of them, Elissa Silverman, is fighting for reelection right now. Get rid of her and send a message to the council. [/quote]

So you are saying you can’t trust a jury to convict if the evidence is presented?  Interesting[/quote]

You, Allen and everyone else knows that if this goes through, virtually nothing will be prosecuted.

Every single criminal will realize they would be crazy not to demand a jury trial because the courts will be backed up for years if not decades.

The result will be pretty much all charges for everything short of murder will be dropped, which is exactly what Allen wants. Because, you know, people who bludgeon old ladies on the bus are *this* close to going to medical school, if only they weren't prosecuted for their crimes. [/quote]
That’s not how criminal court works. Criminal court will not get backed up because criminals have a right to a speedy trial. Civil courts will get backed up because judges have to handle criminal trials first. Maybe this will encourage civil complainants and respondents to engage more fairly in the ADR arena and resolve their issues. [/quote]

More likely it will encourage criminals to do whatever they like since they know the penalties are effectively disappearing. [/quote]

Exactly how are the penalties disappearing by allowing a trial by a jury of one’s peers? [/quote]

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