Letter to House Oversight Committee Opposing Extreme Sentencing Bills in DC
The Sentencing Project urges lawmakers to oppose extreme sentencing bills and other attacks on District home rule.
Related to: Sentencing Reform
In a letter to the House Oversight Committee, The Sentencing Project urged lawmakers to oppose the Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act, the repeal of D.C.’s Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act and the Second Chance Amendment Act, the DC CRIMES Act (H.R. 4922), and the District of Columbia Juvenile Sentencing Reform Act (H.R. 5140) – bills which ignore decades of evidence proving extreme punishments do not make us safer. Instead, over the past several months the U.S. Department of Justice has defunded critical gun violence prevention programs in the District of Columbia and Congress has withheld over a billion dollars of the District’s funds.
The Sentencing Project urges members of the Committee to oppose these bills and other attacks on District home rule – and call on members of the committee who are serious about the safety of Washingtonians to instead invest in strengthening the community.
Click here to read the full letter.
