Anonymous
Post 09/02/2022 13:03     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will probably be voted on after the election and will likely keep it quiet until then.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorneys-office-testifies-hearing-revised-criminal-code-act-2021


Glad you posted this. I’m no fan of the USAO and they and their plea deals and under-charging have a lot to answer to this city for, but their testimony on this should be read by all DC residents. Much of what the Council is proposing to do here is straight up bananas.


How so? What are some of the changes in the rewrite that you think are bananas?


As disturbing as it sounds, some of the "reforms" are basically pro-rape and pro-sexual assault:


The RCCA proposes adding the modifier “sexually” to certain conduct before it can constitute a “sexual act” or “sexual contact,” such that certain behavior would only constitute a sexual offense if the defendant has a “sexual” intent. See RCCA §§ 22A-101(118)(c), 22A-101(119)(B)(ii).[6]

However, adding the modifier “sexually” would constitute an ill-advised change from current law, as it would unduly limit situations where the defendant’s conduct should qualify as a sexual act or sexual contact. Sexual violence can be about power and control, not sex or sexual gratification. When committing a sexual offense, a defendant may be motivated by a desire to be violent or to assert power over a victim, not necessarily to be sexually aroused. For example, if, at a fraternity or sorority hazing, a defendant publicly penetrated another person with an object, the defendant may not have been acting with a sexual desire, but may have been acting with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade the victim. This would and should constitute a sexual offense. Further, even where a victim clearly experiences a sexual violation, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to prove that a defendant committed the offense for a sexual reason. For example, if a defendant grabs the vagina, breast, or buttocks of a stranger, that victim likely will feel sexually violated, and the conduct should constitute a sexual offense. Absent evidence of the defendant having an erection or outwardly manifesting sexual pleasure through words or actions—which is rare in many cases, particularly those involving sudden, brief, sexual assaults of strangers—the government may not be able to prove that the defendant’s actions were sexually arousing or gratifying. The government, however, would be able to show that, at a minimum, the defendant intended to humiliate, degrade, or harass the victim.






Anonymous
Post 09/02/2022 12:59     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will probably be voted on after the election and will likely keep it quiet until then.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorneys-office-testifies-hearing-revised-criminal-code-act-2021


Glad you posted this. I’m no fan of the USAO and they and their plea deals and under-charging have a lot to answer to this city for, but their testimony on this should be read by all DC residents. Much of what the Council is proposing to do here is straight up bananas.


How so? What are some of the changes in the rewrite that you think are bananas?


DP.


this defense would allow for the introduction of evidence regarding the defendant’s objectively “reasonable belief” as to the age of the victim, the existence of this defense could, practically, create a legally sanctioned justification for the defense to introduce evidence that would otherwise have no probative value at trial. For example, to show an objectively “reasonable belief,” the defendant may seek to elicit testimony relating to the child victim’s appearance, including the child victim’s physical development, maturity, and clothing, or photos of how the child victim presents themselves on social media
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2022 10:30     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will probably be voted on after the election and will likely keep it quiet until then.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorneys-office-testifies-hearing-revised-criminal-code-act-2021


Glad you posted this. I’m no fan of the USAO and they and their plea deals and under-charging have a lot to answer to this city for, but their testimony on this should be read by all DC residents. Much of what the Council is proposing to do here is straight up bananas.


How so? What are some of the changes in the rewrite that you think are bananas?
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2022 21:05     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Anonymous wrote:Allen will be at the ANC6A meeting next Thursday, Sept. 8. The link to join the Zoom meeting will be posted to ANC6A.org/agendas. He needs to hear what everyone has to say, because right now he clearly doesn't care.



We need someone willing to run against him as a write in.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2022 21:02     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Allen will be at the ANC6A meeting next Thursday, Sept. 8. The link to join the Zoom meeting will be posted to ANC6A.org/agendas. He needs to hear what everyone has to say, because right now he clearly doesn't care.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2022 06:56     Subject: Re:Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know where he lives? I want to organize a protest outside his house.


This is a good idea
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2022 03:42     Subject: Re:Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Does anyone know where he lives? I want to organize a protest outside his house.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2022 00:34     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Anonymous wrote:Will probably be voted on after the election and will likely keep it quiet until then.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorneys-office-testifies-hearing-revised-criminal-code-act-2021


Glad you posted this. I’m no fan of the USAO and they and their plea deals and under-charging have a lot to answer to this city for, but their testimony on this should be read by all DC residents. Much of what the Council is proposing to do here is straight up bananas.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2022 23:42     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Will probably be voted on after the election and will likely keep it quiet until then.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorneys-office-testifies-hearing-revised-criminal-code-act-2021
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2022 22:39     Subject: Re:Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
I dont usually muckrake because I believe in civil society, but his words and actions lead me to conclude he is an a**-hat
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2022 17:12     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
What they really need to do is the ban the assaults rifles / hunting guns, then go door to door and melt them all down.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2022 15:55     Subject: Re:Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Why would he comment? He ran unopposed so has no need to moderate anything or even attempt to bring down crime rates.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2022 13:30     Subject: Re:Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
Ugh. I almost forgot they’re rewriting the criminal code. Let me guess, it will let criminals out of jail earlier, right? Ugh. Complete fking imbeciles. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again. Making things easier for criminals is literally that.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2022 21:23     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
He knows that people are pissed so he’s going to keep his trap shut through the election and then he’ll go right back to making things worse.

I wish someone would run against him.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2022 18:58     Subject: Has Charles Allen commented recently on the criminal code re-write?
He has been very quiet recently. No public statements about the shootings in Chinatown/H Street this past week. Is the re-write still happening? Could he be removed from Judiciary Committee as Chairman?