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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If there was a secret poll I bet most DC residents would be against this stupid crime bill. Seriously, who thinks the city's #1 priority is to go easier on rapists and carjackers right now?[/quote][b]

Good idea, but you only get to vote in it if you can mention 3 things the bill does that have nothing to do with penalties.  So many people have no idea what the bill actually did, and now we are stuck with an outdated code that has some serious gaps in liability and some too-low penalties.

I hope you are never charged with an offense and neither your lawyer, the judge, nor the prosecutor know what the government needs to prove in order to convict you.  You will get sentenced to a penalty that hasn't been updated in decades, and since there is no parole in the District you will serve 85% of your sentence.  You will sit in jail/prison, in some faraway location, potentially while waiting for the appellate court to figure out the elements of the offense and any defenses.

The bill spelled this all out, and now it's done.  Gone.

if you are mad about crime, ask why MPD brings so many cases that can't be prosecuted.  Or the prosecutors don't want to prosecute.  That's not on the criminal code.  [/quote]

This is a sad day for American democracy. And perhaps an even sadder day for those who want to see violent crimes in DC prosecuted. Very few people understand the faintest thing about the RCCA and even fewer have begun to think through how it would alter DC’s justice system. Echoing Tucker Carlson’s talking points is not a virtue, especially if you’re the President of United States and a lifelong Democrat. You don’t have to believe the bill was perfect - and there is plenty I would have changed it - but it’s a little scary that 15 years of solid work by criminal justice experts has been undone by the shrill scaremongering of a few pundits who admit to not believing half of what they say. Having said all that, why the hell was this not pushed through Congress during the lame duck session?[/quote]

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