carjack
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The Pentagon says crime across the district decreased 40% compared with the same period last year, including carjackings, robberies and violent crime.
“We know that when carjackings go down, when use of guns go down, when homicides or robberies go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” Bowser said in late August.
Allen answered that, while the maximum for armed carjacking would have been reduced from 40 to 24 years, with enhancements, that penalty is still “greater than many of the states represented in this room.”
From Washington Post
Earlier this month, the Senate joined the House in voting to reject an overhaul of the city’s criminal code, in part because it called for reducing penalties for certain crimes, including carjacking.
From Washington Post
The disapproval effort follows a successful move by congressional Republicans to block a D.C. overhaul of the criminal code that would have weakened maximum penalties for carjacking and other crimes.
From Washington Times
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