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Federalizing MPD, deploying the National Guard, & intensifying FBI presence in D.C. is blatant federal overreach & a stark reminder of why #DCStatehood is urgent. D.C. deserves local control to invest in what works: community-based solutions, not over-policing. #StatehoodNow
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We’re thrilled to welcome Bethany Young back to DC Justice Lab as our Policy Director! 🎉 Join us in celebrating her return and the incredible work ahead. #TeamDCJL #PolicyLeadership
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The Clean Slate Initiative@CleanSlate_Init
16 Jul 2025
📣 Did you know D.C. passed a #CleanSlate law in 2022? Thanks to tireless advocates like @dcjusticelab, the Second Chance Amendment Act is now unlocking real #SecondChances for people across the District. 🧠 Learn more in our newest update! cleanslateinitiative.org/upd…

Steps Ahead for Second Chances: How D.C.’s Clean Slate Law Is Shaping a Better Future | The Clean...

In 2022, thanks to the tireless efforts of local advocates like DC Justice Lab, D.C. passed a Clean Slate law, the Second Chance Amendment Act, that provides petition based and automated sealing of...

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Thank you, @echoinggreen, for investing $1 million in follow-on funding to Fellow-led organizations! “This funding helps us continue our work while defending against attacks on democracy and the rule of law, in D.C. and beyond.” echoinggreen.org/news/echoin…

Echoing Green invests $1 million in follow-on funding in Fellow-led organizations - Echoing Green

In its eighth cycle of follow-on funding, Echoing Green has invested $1.025 million in Fellow-led organizations.

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Black Mayors in Baltimore and Birmingham Drive Historic Drops in Crime via @WashInformer washingtoninformer.com/balti… via @WashInformer

Black Mayors in Baltimore and Birmingham Drive Historic Drops in Crime

Baltimore and Birmingham are leading the way in public safety, thanks to record-breaking reductions in violent crime under the leadership of two Black mayors.

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DC was among the first jurisdictions to eliminate cash bail in the early 1990s. As states look to our bail statute as the gold standard for improving public safety, it is important to perfect it and take the harmful provisions out. Now is the time to lead.
DC Justice Lab@DCJusticeLab
1 Jul 2025
Replying to @CM_McDuffie @CMZParker5 @CMFrumin @CCE_for_DC
.@CMRobertWhiteDC, @CMLewisGeorgeW4, and @BrianneKNadeau were absolutely right to vote against this measure. We hope that between now and 2026 there will be a hearing in which everyone--including jail residents--can explain why all of the rebuttable presumptions must go.
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Councilmember @CMBrookePinto knows that it FALSE to suggest judges cannot hold people who are accused of violent crime. That authority already exists under 23-1322(a), 1322(b), and 1325(a). @SegravesNBC4, @RebeccaTurcoTV, @maustermuhle code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/cou…

§ 23–1322. Detention prior to trial. | D.C. Law Library

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@CMFrumin, we want to make sure you saw this report from @CCE_for_DC: cdn.prod.website-files.com/6…

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.@CMRobertWhiteDC, @CMLewisGeorgeW4, and @BrianneKNadeau were absolutely right to vote against this measure. We hope that between now and 2026 there will be a hearing in which everyone--including jail residents--can explain why all of the rebuttable presumptions must go.
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Stop Police Terror Project DC@StopCopTerrorDC
1 Jul 2025
Replying to @CMCharlesAllen @CMWendellFelder @CMFrumin @CMZParker5 @chenderson @DMVBlackLives
Thank you @CMLewisGeorgeW4 and @CMRobertWhiteDC for speaking for due process and the rights of those who haven't even been convicted of any crime
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Councilmember_RobertWhite@CMRobertWhiteDC
1 Jul 2025
Spending time in #pretrialdetention is overwhelmingly negative for defendants and can lead to job loss, homelessness, and loss of child custody uscourts.gov/sites/default/f…

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Scott Goldstein@ScottGoldstein
1 Jul 2025
At DC Council meeting @BrianneKNadeau tells a heartbreaking story illustrating how pretrial detention can ruin lives of people trying to get on the right path & @CMRobertWhiteDC shares hard data: pretrial detention makes us LESS safe, provokes MORE crime. There's no excuse to keep this in the bill. As a youth advocate- pretrial detention runs backwards from our goals. It's also fundamentally un-American. Take it out. @ChmnMendelson @CMBrookePinto @CMWendellFelder @CMFrumin @charlesallen @AnitaBondsDC @CM_McDuffie
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Councilmember_RobertWhite@CMRobertWhiteDC
1 Jul 2025
I have so much to share on pretrial detention.
Mark Segraves@SegravesNBC4
1 Jul 2025
Now Long discussion sparked by @CMRobertWhiteDC regarding pre trial detention with @brookepintodc @nbcwashington
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ACLU of the District of Columbia@ACLU_DC
1 Jul 2025
The D.C. Council’s votes today could advance real public safety, or they could double down on failed methods that don’t keep us safe from crime or from abuse of power. Here’s what we’re watching out for. 🧵 (1/4)
The D.C. Council’s votes today could advance real public safety, or they could double down on failed methods like pretrial detention, youth curfews, and protest prohibitions.

ALT The D.C. Council’s votes today could advance real public safety, or they could double down on failed methods like pretrial detention, youth curfews, and protest prohibitions.

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