DC Council Seeks New Strategy to Defuse Gun Violence Disputes
Crime
DC Council Seeks New Strategy to Defuse Gun Violence Disputes
2023-10-30 20:41:41
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council held a roundtable discussion Monday seeking ideas on how to reduce crime two days after a 13-year-old was shot and killed by a security guard as he tried to steal a car.  Washington,... Read More

DC Officials Endure Congressional Criticism for Rising Crime Rate and Lax Prosecutions
Crime
DC Officials Endure Congressional Criticism for Rising Crime Rate and Lax Prosecutions
2023-10-12 20:44:10
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — A congressional panel cast doubt on the District of Columbia’s ability to control its own problems Thursday as violent crime surges in the nation’s capital while it drops in most other U.S. cities. The victims have included members... Read More

DC Prosecutors Begin Charging More Juveniles as Adults
In The States
DC Prosecutors Begin Charging More Juveniles as Adults
2023-09-11 19:33:38
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Prosecutors in the District of Columbia are whipping up political controversy over their latest crime-fighting effort that focuses on trying more 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. With juvenile crime at the highest levels in decades, they say they... Read More

DC Council Passes ‘Emergency’ Bill to Counter Soaring Crime Rate
Crime
DC Council Passes ‘Emergency’ Bill to Counter Soaring Crime Rate
2023-07-11 22:49:44
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council approved a get-tough bill Tuesday intended to put a dent in the city’s surging crime rate. Overall crime in the nation’s capital is up 30% and homicides by 17% so far this year... Read More

Justice Dept. Allows US Attorney to Testify About DC Crime
Cities
Justice Dept. Allows US Attorney to Testify About DC Crime
2023-05-11 23:08:29
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — A change of opinion by the Justice Department this week saved one of its attorneys from a subpoena by a congressional committee investigating crime in Washington, D.C. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating why crime... Read More

Union Station Starbucks Closing July 31
Business
Union Station Starbucks Closing July 31
2022-07-19 13:44:26
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Commuters who use Union Station to travel to and from the district won’t have the Starbucks on the station’s concourse to satisfy their coffee craving much longer. The multinational chain of coffeehouses announced Monday that it is closing... Read More

Gorsuch Scorches Majority Over Ruling in Sovereign Authority Case
Supreme Court
Gorsuch Scorches Majority Over Ruling in Sovereign Authority Case
2022-06-29 20:27:10
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — It began with a simple question: Do the federal government and a state have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Native Americans against Native Americans in what the federal government continues to refer to as “Indian country”?... Read More

California Utility Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter in Deadly Wildfire
Wildfires
California Utility Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter in Deadly Wildfire
2022-06-10 17:38:29
by Tom Ramstack

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony involuntary manslaughter charges after a Northern California fire caused by its electrical transmission lines burned 87 square miles of land and killed four residents. Prosecutors acknowledge criminal... Read More

Plea And a Trial Loom in Next Month for Giuliani Associates
Law
Plea And a Trial Loom in Next Month for Giuliani Associates

NEW YORK (AP) — The October illegal campaign contribution trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani — and a guilty plea set to occur this week by a second associate — puts a spotlight on Giuliani as a criminal probe... Read More

Biden to Talk Crime with City, Police Leaders Nationwide
White House
Biden to Talk Crime with City, Police Leaders Nationwide

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate and other city and law enforcement leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime. Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president  and the likely next mayor... Read More

Biden Anti-crime Effort Takes on Law-breaking Gun Dealers
White House
Biden Anti-crime Effort Takes on Law-breaking Gun Dealers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is announcing new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime as administration officials brace for what could be a turbulent summer, focusing on attacking gun violence, providing money to cities that... Read More

Virginia’s New Sentencing Procedure Catches Up with Other States
State News
Virginia’s New Sentencing Procedure Catches Up with Other States
2020-10-26 17:28:27
by Tom Ramstack

RICHMOND, Va, - Virginia’s General Assembly passed a jury sentencing reform bill this week that is revolutionary for the state but is already being done nearly everywhere else. The bill allows juries to decide whether a criminal defendant is guilty... Read More

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