Washington Informer: Bowser Proposes Legislation to Strengthen Response to Violent Crime

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. Image source: The Washington Informer

From The Washington Informer:

Less than a week after her public safety summit, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced the introduction of legislation intended to address issues in the public safety ecosystem.

The legislation, dubbed “Safer, Stronger DC,” increases penalties for unlawful gun possession and better allows judges to detain convicted violent offenders who receive new charges. It also includes victims’ families in decisions about offenders’ early prison release. 

Bowser revealed Safer, Stronger DC on Monday in front of Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street, just feet away from where a returning citizen stabbed a congressional staffer in March.