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Over the weekend, we reported that prosecutors in Washington D.C. were expected to extend a proposed plea bargain agreement to the attorneys for two teenage girls charged with carjacking and felony murder in the brutal death of Mohammad Anwar, a Pakistani immigrant and Uber Eats driver. The Daily Mail is reporting that not only was a proposed plea bargain agreement extended, but that the girls plan to accept it:
On Monday, the teens reportedly reached the plea deal with prosecutors that would ensure they will not be held past the age of 21 nor be placed in a prison facility.
Mayor Bowser recognizes gun violence as a public health crisis, launches prevention program
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a Mayor’s Order recognizing gun violence as a public health crisis and announced the creation of an emergency gun violence prevention center at a situational update on Feb. 17.
The order comes as a response to a spike in gun violence in D.C. last year and establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Emergency Operations Center (EOC), which is part of a new gun violence prevention program known as Building Blocks DC. According to the situational update presentation, while violent crimes from 2016 to 2020 have generally gone down, gun crime trends have gone up. 922 people were shot in D.C. last year, and 198 people were killed. Acts of gun violence and homicides disproportionately impacted the Black community. In 2020, 95 percent of homicide victims were Black, and 160 of the 198 homicide victims were Black men.
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We want to look at new skills sets, training and take a holistic approach to what we re doing, he added.
Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer called the conference informative and helpful. There s no question we have a crisis in our justice system, she said. We have an opportunity to address the root causes of that crisis.
Fletcher and other supervisors have highlighted criminal justice as part of a package of major reforms, known as Framework for The Future.
Scott Huizar, deputy chief at the county Probation Department, told supervisors on Tuesday that juvenile arrest rates have significantly declined, 79% over a 10-year period.
Police around the Washington, D.C., region are arresting suspects as young as 14 years old amid a crackdown on carjackings, which have been on the rise there, a report says.