The measure calls for more pretrial detention of adults and kids, and establishes new crimes.
Meanwhile, Bowser has another, similar bill that she hopes will offer more long-term solutions to the city’s crime problem. The council is expected to consider that legislation in the fall, after returning from summer recess., though it has not risen to the same levels as in the 1980s and 1990s. The problem is especially acute among young people in D.C.
Both Pinto’s and Bowser’s bills would expand the circumstances under which judges would presume they should detain defendants. Pinto’s bill would include all adults charged with any crime of violence, whether armed or not. Bowser’s is narrower. It would only include adults charged with a crime of violenceIn both cases, the burden would then fall on the accused to argue why they should not be detained, and judges could still decide to release them.
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