A former FBI special agent says that that policies surrounding crime in Washington, D.C. backfired, leading to President Trump’s federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department.
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AformerFBIspecialagentsaidthatWashington,D.C.’sfar-leftpoliciessurroundingcrimebackfired,forcingPresidentDonaldTrumptofederalizetheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment.
InDecember2016,theD.C.CouncilpassedtheComprehensiveYouthJusticeAmendmentAct,whichbannedlifewithoutparoleforjuveniles,eliminatedmandatoryminimumsforjuvenilestriedasadults,allowedfor“sentencereview”forindividualswhohaveservedatleast20yearsforcrimescommittedasaminorandmore.
Theactalsoencouragedcounselingforyouthoffendersasopposedtoaprisonsentenceandofferedavictim-offendermediationprogramratherthanprosecutionforcertaincrimes.
In2018,theD.C.CouncilupdatedtheYouthRehabilitationAct,whichincreasedtheageofa“youthoffender”from22to24,madecertaincrimesineligibleandallowedsomeindividualstorequesttheirconvictionsbethrownout.Theactgivesjudgessen
