Dis­trict of Crime: How DC start­ed try­ing to stop crime itself

Local offi­cials in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., and mem­bers of Con­gress have recent­ly clashed over find­ing solu­tions to curb crime as the city is on pace to have its dead­liest year in two decades.
Con­gress his­tor­i­cal­ly stays out of D.C. juris­dic­tion, so the D.C. Coun­cil addressed the grow­ing cri­sis with local laws. In July, the city coun­cil passed mul­ti­ple emer­gency bills, includ­ing lan­guage from May­or Muriel Bowser’s con­tro­ver­sial leg­is­la­tion that gives judges more dis­cre­tion to hold peo­ple await­ing tri­al for a vio­lent offense.
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The emer­gency leg­is­la­tion, spon­sored by Judi­cia­ry and Pub­lic Safe­ty Com­mit­tee Chair­woman Brooke Pin­to, went into effect for 90 days after Bows­er signed the bill on July 20. The leg­is­la­tion was set to expire on Oct. 18. How­ev­er, the coun­cil vot­ed to extend the emer­gency leg­is­la­tion until the spring, await­ing B …