White House says Biden “doesn’t support changes like lowering penalties for carjacking.”
that lowers the maximum penalties for carjacking and some gun crimes.
“The president doesn’t support changes like lowering penalties for carjacking,” Jean-Pierre said. “He believes, you know, this is a way for him to keep the community safe in DC.”the max sentence for carjacking from 21 years — 40 if armed with a gun — to 18 years, or 24 if armed. The max for armed robbery would be reduced from 45 years to 20 years.the legislation authored by Rep.
“Some might look at this and say the president was choosing to give political air cover to vulnerable Democrats in 2024,” O’Keefe added. “So is the president playing 2024 politics with this local Washington, DC issue at the expense of his long standing, decades-long support of DC statehood?” Although the DC councilmembers who approved the changes said they would reflect what sentences criminals already are receiving, Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local authorities protested it would remove the discretion of judges to throw the book at the worst offenders at a time when car thefts and murders are rising in the nation’s capital.
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