Posts tagged Criminal Law
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Is 18 months in jail for killing a cyclist lenient or not?
Phillip Peoples, driving his car at 12th Street and Constitution Avenue NW on September 24, killed Thomas Hollowell who was on a bicycle. Peoples was sentenced to 18 months in prison last month. Should the sentence have been more, or less? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The votes are in
Maryland primary results; Abandoned to affordable; Parents behind bars; More people, same movement; Taxed enough already?; A tunnel to NoMa; Become a block parent; Closed for repairs. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gray skies and silver linings
Jury stuck in gray area; Intersection of Doom no more; Budget busts for DC; No relief on the Greenway; Devising density for Brentwood; DC stepping up on schools; McAuliffe on education; Ugly seats. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Accumulation
Storm’s a-comin’; When was “peak car”?; Mixed results for mixed-income; Charge on I-95; More than one way to zero; School cuts; Redevelopment in trouble; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s unaffordable
Gray wants more affordable housing; Will the next mayor agree?; Condo supply low in DC area; Streetcar yard under construction; Driver disobeys, then challenges law; Maryland stalls marijuana decriminalization; AP disses DC on capitalization; Do you Ride On?; Why’s CaBi’s healthier than CiBi; The science of 400 meters; Thanks for the fooling. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Highs and lows
DCA breaks records again; Extreme weather squashes Metro ridership; Grocery delivery debacle; Parking panderers; The “bike lobby” hits Alexandria?; Just hope you find a chair in time; Not in my expansive back yard!; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Thanks for not driving
War on cars begins at college; Car sharing’s big impact on auto sales; Mixed-use to replace urban farm; Fare hikes greatly impact disabled; Marijuana bill called discriminatory; Battle against development sprawl; Envision public spaces with snow; Mind the strike; Big trouble in little China?; And…. Keep reading…
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WMATA taking steps to curb sexual harassment
After advocates testified a year ago about sexual harassment on Metrorail and Metrobus, blogs like GGW covered the issue, and members of the public submitted many stories. After some initial resistance when we brought up the topic, WMATA formed a task force last March to address sexual harassment on its system. Despite the glacial speed government agencies sometimes work,… Keep reading…
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DC Home Rule almost had… Congress decide all criminal laws
This is part 5 in a series on the legislative history of the 1973 Home Rule Act. See previous parts on the act’s bipartisan support, nonpartisan elections, the police chief, and judges. Congress decided not to keep the police chief federally appointed when it gave the District home rule, but Congress did initially restrict DC’s ability to change its own criminal… Keep reading…