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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.

@CM_McDuffie @CMLewisGeorgeW4 @CMRobertWhiteDC @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.

@CM_McDuffie @CMLewisGeorgeW4 @CMRobertWhiteDC @CMZParker5 @CMFrumin, we want to make sure you saw this report from @CCE_for_DC:

@CM_McDuffie @CMLewisGeorgeW4 @CMRobertWhiteDC @CMZParker5 keeps saying "when there is ample evidence" that someone has committed a crime. Spending some time watching arraignments and preliminary hearings might change his mind! The typical prelim is one officer who wasn't on the scene adopting an affidavit and resting.

@CM_McDuffie @CMLewisGeorgeW4 @CMRobertWhiteDC is 💯 right. The data a year from now will be a reflection of how the law was enforced and how the District recovers from the pandemic. The harms of detention will be permanent for those impacted.

Notice that it is the former prosecutors on the Council who understand the seriousness of what it means to insert a presumption of guilt into the law - @CM_McDuffie, @CMLewisGeorgeW4. They are right to insist on strong evidence that this will make the city safer. It won't.

@JudgeJeanine @CMFrumin @CMWendellFelder @CMBrookePinto again says judges can't hold someone based on the current charge, which she has to know is false. That authority exists under 23-1322(b)(2).

What the presumption does is take a tool AWAY from judges and give it to U.S. Attorney @JudgeJeanine. By charging someone with an offense that is presumptively detainable, her office can coerce more people to plead guilty. cc: @CMFrumin @CMWendellFelder.

The law also explicitly requires judges to consider "The nature and seriousness of the danger to any person or the community that would be posed by the person’s release."

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 .

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RT @CMRobertWhiteDC: Spending time in #pretrialdetention is overwhelmingly negative for defendants and can lead to job loss, homelessness,….

RT @ScottGoldstein: At DC Council meeting @BrianneKNadeau tells a heartbreaking story illustrating how pretrial detention can ruin lives of….

RT @CMRobertWhiteDC: I have so much to share on pretrial detention.

RT @ACLU_DC: The D.C. Council’s votes today could advance real public safety, or they could double down on failed methods that don’t keep u….

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We are beyond appreciative for the enthusiastic support that launched this movement and fuels it every day. Thank you for every dollar you donated, sticker you wore, post you reshared, and minute you volunteered. We are just getting started. 🚀

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