Adam Serwer, a staff writer for the Atlantic, questioned why President Biden was 'attacking democracy' after he signaled he would veto a D.C. Council resolution that would soften penalties for violent crimes.
"exacerbate the already stretched capacity of the court system; and it would reduce maximum criminal penalties for violent crimes like carjacking and robberies.", which was originally written in 1901, includes reduced maximum sentences, the elimination of nearly all mandatory minimum sentences, and expanded rights to jury trials by those accused of misdemeanors.
In February, the GOP-led House approved the resolution to nix the update to the Washington, D.C., code in a 250-173 vote. "This argument, though, has persisted even as the city’s Black majority has become a plurality: D.C. cannot be allowed to govern itself, because its voters might make decisions that its overlords do not like," Sewer wrote.
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