A locally elected Democratic official says the proposed revisions to Washington, D.C.'s criminal code would take tools away from prosecutors and hurt victims of violent crime.
U.S. Attorney for DC Matthew Graves poses for a portrait in his office in Washington, DC on February 25, 2022.
D.C. officials have acknowledged that city residents feel unsafe, but they've pointed to data that shows crime has fallen in recent months."We’re at a 4% overall reduction in crime," police Chief Robert Contee told the D.C. Council in October, comparing 2022 crime data to the year before. with crime statistics. Though homicides have fallen 10% in the last year to date, data shows murders are still up nearly 18% since 2019, before the pandemic.
D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers are seen at Florida Avenue and P Street, NE, on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
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