DC’s Radical Criminal Code ‘Reform’ Would Make City Even Less Safe. Congress Is Right to Rebuke It.

For many years, the District of Columbia “enjoyed” the dubious distinction of being the “Murder Capital of America.”

Who can forget President George H.W. Bush appearing on national television in 1989 holding a bag of crack cocaine purchased steps from the White House? It was a dramatic way to highlight just how crime-ridden D.C.—and many other cities around the country—had become.

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