Editorial | Criminal code fiasco shows D.C. unfit for statehood WashTimesOpEd
Invoking their constitutional authority to disapprove of and override the actions of the city government , the Republican-controlled House and Democrat-ledboth nixed the pro-criminal/anti-victim revisions to the city’s criminal code that the D.C. Council passed unanimously last Nov. 15.
The Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 would have eliminated mandatory-minimum sentencing for almost all crimes and reduced statutory maximum sentences for some violent crimes. It would have also overwhelmed the city’s court system with the restoration of the right to misdemeanor trials. Members of Congress apparently were cognizant of rising crime in the city and the bad signal the criminal code revisions sent, even if the City Council wasn’t. As of March 13, homicides in the city are up 25% in 2023 over the same date last year , according to D.C. Metropolitan Police Department figures. Motor vehicle thefts so far this year are up 108%, sex-abuse crimes are up 131%, and total property crimes are up 29%.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser — no conservative — wisely vetoed the bill as too extreme even for the District, but that apparently didn’t give even a moment’s pause to the council, which easily overrode her veto. But after the Republican-sponsored resolution passed the House 250-173 on Feb. 9 with 31 Democrats’ votes, President Biden indicated March 2 that he would sign it if
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