The legislation also would significantly restrict the Youth Rehabilitation Act, which allows young adults to receive more lenient sentences.
on a party-line vote that would take away judges’ options to issue more lenient sentences to young adults and restrict the D.C. Council’s ability to change sentencing laws.
The timing of the effort was highly curious to Democratic D.C. leaders: House Republicans pushed the legislation forward two days after the D.C. Council, a massive public safety package that would enhance punishment for certain crimes. The legislation ratchets up penalties for illegal gun possession, targets “organized retail theft” and adjusts the carjacking statute to enhance prosecution, among other things. But House Republicans argued Thursday that D.C.
In a letter to House Oversight leaders Thursday morning, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson expressed concern that the D.C. CRIMES Act would hamper implementation of Secure D.C. and prohibit future efforts like it by only allowing Congress to change D.C.’s criminal sentencing laws.A system like that, Bowser and Mendelson said, “would result in delays in our ability to respond to crime trends with stronger criminal penalties.
Secure D.C., which Bowser strongly supports, has to go through 60 days of congressional review before it can become law. Hacker doubted that the D.C. CRIMES Act could pass faster than that to become a problem for Secure D.C.
“Mandatory minimums are a one-size-fits-all solution to a judicial system rife with nuance,” Mace said. “Circumstances matter, especially when sentencing children. We have to remember these are children we’re taking into account here. Every case is different.”
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