The D.C. City Council has overruled a veto from Mayor Muriel Bowser, forcing through a revision of the criminal code that would lighten penalties for violent crimes.
"Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Pete Hegseth joins "The Faulkner Focus" to discuss a new Washington, D.C., crime bill and a new "woke" training at Northern Illinois University.voted to force through revisions of the district's criminal code that will soften penalties on violent crimes, overriding a previous veto from the mayor's office.
Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the Revised Criminal Code Act earlier this month after the council, which lacks a single Republican member, voted unanimously to adopt it in November.D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III and Mayor Muriel Bowser try to talk to the crowd about a recent homicide in front of the Anacostia Busboys and Poets during a walk through Ward 8 in Washington, D.C., alongside other city officials and government employees on Jan. 5, 2023.
The overhaul of the city’s criminal code includes reduced maximum sentences, the elimination of nearly all mandatory minimum sentences, and expanded rights to jury trials by those accused of
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