The Washington, D.C. City Council voted on Tuesday in favor of sweeping reform to the city’s criminal code, reducing penalties for offenses such as illegal possession of firearms and carjacking, even as DC has seen an increase in homicides in recent years.

The bill, which requires the approval of Mayor Muriel Bowser (D.), would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for most crimes, the Washington Post reportedand lower maximum penalties for crimes such as carjacking and robbery.

City Penal Code Reforms Look Like DC Homicide dope 14% in 2021 compared to 2020. The 226 murders in 2021 are more than double the 88 homicides the city experienced in 2012.

Tuesday’s vote marks the second time this month that the council has approved the legislation, which is needed for bills in DC to move forward. This week’s deliberation on the bill was controversial, as some council members challenged provisions of the bill that would lower the maximum penalty for carrying a firearm without a license and possessing a firearm as a criminal to two years in prison.

Councilwoman Brooke Pinto (D.) proposed an amendment that would have increased maximum penalties for unlawful carrying and possession of firearms, but it was defeated by a majority of council. Public Safety Committee Chairman Charles Allen (D.) said the amendment was not supported by data showing it would improve public safety, according to the Jobreport.

“To the supporters of this amendment, I hear you saying we need to increase the penalties to respond to this moment, to send a message. But I’m asking you to show your work,” Allen said. “At some point, this council must consider what it means to have one of the highest per capita incarceration rates in the free world and yet endure this kind of violence.”

Proponents of criminal justice reform supported the legislation on the grounds that it would reduce racial disparities in incarceration. Jinwoo Charles Park, head of a city commission tasked with reforming the penal code, said he opposed the amendment to increase penalties for crimes committed with firearms because “the increase in the average sentence for these offenses would have a disproportionate effect on African American defendants.” Job reported.

Allen dismissed characterizations of the legislation as soft-crime reform, saying the bill’s purpose is to rewrite ‘unclear’ criminal laws and address ‘overlapping charges with inconsistent or missing definitions and elements [and] obsolete terminology.”

Besides murder, other crimes have increased in DC, including carjacking, which would see reduced maximum sentences if Bowser signed the bill. Carjackings have triple since 2019. A doctor was murdered in March, after trying to stop a car thief from stealing his car, a city council candidate had his car stolen at gunpoint in January, and in August, the rookie running back from the Washington commanders, Brian Robinson Jr., was shot several times during a carjacking attempt.

When big changes happen, like people leaving or people you’ve worked with for over a year leaving, I tend to stay firmly in denial until the last minute, until that I must absolutely accept it and move from ignorance of their impending absence to disappearance. them horribly.

Sigh. It is now.

Madison’s last day is Friday November 11th and I miss her already. You know how you don’t fully appreciate something or someone until they’re gone or gone? She’s not gone yet, but she will be very soon.

It’s all his fault that I feel like this, all his fault for being such a sweet little prick who never says a mean word, listens to constructive criticism without taking it personally, is always ready to undertake any necessary task and offers everyone she meets a smile and unconditional acceptance. What a moron, right?

She’s come so far from the sweet but brilliant creative writer she was when she started. Now she can spot an Oxford comma from a mile away and knows how to write a little headline, which is gold to me. She no longer uses TOO MANY WORDS and writes like a journalist rather than an author.

She was my friend, my companion during a scary stay with the Shawnees, my co-recipient of the award, both for the written word and the painted pumpkin and the most reliable little fetus (I love to call her so because she’s so young compared to me) a boss could ever hope to lead.

She gets along with everyone, has a soft heart for animals, and does everything I hate on Facebook. She created a poll for the newspaper and revamped the entertainment page all by herself.

All that AND his desk is still annoyingly tidy, unlike the tsunami of paper that usually decorates mine.

My consolation is that in the future I will be working with Savannah Boone. Yes, LA Savannah Boone, whom I always wanted to hire and who shattered my dreams by quitting journalism after graduating from nursing school.

She would make a great nurse, I agree, but I’m so thankful that she decided it wasn’t her cup of tea after all. She is a wonderful addition to the team, and I see greatness in her future in journalism.

But back to my tragedy.

I’m gonna miss you, Madison, really. I wish you success, I wish you love and I wish you happiness. Being the YOU that you are, I know you will find all three at the next turning point in your life. Good leads, Cupcake.

Patti is the editor of the Greene County Daily World. She loves kitties, chocolate anything and watch X-Files

or the living dead. If you want to share a story (or chocolate) or just make a friend, she can be contacted at [email protected].

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals enter the most critical moment of their season Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks, but face some very familiar issues.

For the third straight season, the Cardinals are plagued by self-inflicted errors. They are still looking to fix some of the more basic aspects of football, like getting play calls and just snapping the ball in time.

For the past two years, those mistakes have torpedoed promising seasons in the final weeks. This season, however, they’ve bitten the Cardinals early and often, leading to a 3-5 start with three straight NFC West games against the Seahawks (4:05 p.m. ET, Fox), Los Angeles Rams and then San Francisco. 49ers on “Monday Night Football” in Mexico City.

Coach Kliff Kingsbury discussed the situation and the opportunity with his players this week. To prevent the season from derailing by December, the Cardinals must find solutions quickly.

“It’s time to fix it”, right tackle Kelvin Beach said. “We have an opportunity right in front of us, well, we have division games coming up. These games mean a lot more.

“We had the opportunity to win at home and try to string a few together. You can’t have a week that looks good, a week that looks bad. The NFL is about consistency, and we just haven’t been consistent consistently.

The first eight games of this season have been a carryover from the first three under Kingsbury.

Arizona is tied for 30th in total offensive penalties and offensive penalties accepted, according to ESPN Stats & Information. But it’s the kind of sanctions that are increasingly frustrating some cardinals. They are tied for sixth in the league with 11 false starts and 10 offensive holding penalties.

In his four seasons, the Cardinals led the NFL in false starts and offensive holding penalties and are fourth in offensive pass interference.

Since 2019, when Kingsbury was hired, the Cardinals have been the second-most penalized team in the league, both overall (behind the Las Vegas Raiders) and on offense (behind the Buffalo Bills). They also lead the league in penalties accepted and offensive penalties accepted.

Why the same mistakes keep happening is the “million dollar question,” Beachum said.

“We have to find a way to fix this,” he said. “We have to find a way to get the game in. We have to find a way to call the game. We have to find a way to know what the cadence is. We have to find a way to know the adjustments once we’ve put them on the sidelines, and we’re just not dealing with all of those things, the basic things in football right now at college level, as one will say of my former coaches.

The Cardinals have struggled at times with the basic concept of moving play from the sideline to the field. Kingsbury calls the game into Murray’s headset, which is built into his helmet. Murray then relays the play to the team.

However, the Cardinals have burned a lot of timeouts this season late in the game clock, either because of confusion, call relay issues or the misaligned offense.

In an attempt to rectify relay issues, particularly with three new offensive linemen, a new receiver and a new running back in the mix, the Cardinals began to huddle more in their Thursday night game against the New Orleans Saints two weeks ago.

“I think everyone enjoyed being on the same page, breaking the huddle with confidence, understanding what we’re trying to do,” quarterback Kyler Murray said.

The consolidation helped slow the process, Beachum added, but “there were growing pains,” Kingsbury said.

“We have to be better with some of these new pieces and try to calm people down because it was late in the game clock when we got up there, so that’s something we kept working on. “, says Kingsbury.

Arizona is working on snuggling up “a lot” in practice, he said, but an atmosphere of play, especially on the road like Sunday in Minnesota, creates challenges the Cardinals can’t replicate at home. ‘coaching.

Self-inflicted errors have led the Cardinals to trail in games 91% of the time this season.

“It’s amazing to even still have a chance to be there,” Kingsbury said, referring to the division, in which only two games separate first and last. “It’s the last in the league and we haven’t been able to execute like we had to and like I’ve always said when you play so much from behind you don’t even get into your Game plan.

“You can’t really see what kind of team you have, I don’t think. So we have to be able to stay in those ball games.

How can they fix these self-inflicted errors? Cardinals take it one day at a time, Kingsbury said.

They started on Wednesday, going back to basics. The focus is on the little things, Kingsbury added, as well as the things Arizona can control.

Murray doesn’t blame his teammates for making mistakes at full speed in games.

“You don’t make these mistakes during the week,” he said. “So you go into the game and then the mental errors are there, that’s where it’s crucial – the false starts or like lining up in the wrong place or stuff like that.

“That’s kind of the reason why we’ve struggled this season to get these things to happen in-game. It’s unusual for us to make these mistakes and it kind of kills us.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Patriots quarterback McJones turns the page on Sunday’s game against the visiting Indianapolis Colts, as he returns to play at Gillette Stadium for the first time since home fans chanted for the save Bailey Zappe to replace him in week 7.

Calling it tough love from paying customers might be too nice, but one thing has become clear in recent days in the team locker room: While a vocal segment of fans might prefer Zappe, coaches and the players are united in rallying behind Jones.

That was clear the day after Sunday’s 22-17 win over the New York Jets when Belichick reached out to Jones for a hug, then the two did something similar in the tunnel before boarding the buses to leave the MetLife Stadium.

“I think Mac did a good job,” Belichick said Monday after getting a chance to rewatch the game in which Jones went 24 of 35 for 194 yards, with 1 TD and 1 INT, while adding four rushes. for 25 yards (not including kneeling). -down).

“We had pressure on quite a few passing plays, more than we would like, that’s for sure. I think he made some good decisions and had to shoot the ball a few times and make some key runs for us. … I think he gave us a lot of good games.

Sunday was an important, but imperfect, day for Jones to begin to gain momentum after a difficult start to the season, followed by a three-game absence after suffering a sprained left ankle, then an appearance in three rounds last Monday night in which fans called Zappe.

Belichick cited Jones’ tenacity on Sunday and added, “He handled our team well. That’s a quarterback’s job: to help the team win. That’s what he did.

Jones lived on the edge at times with a few dodgy pitches and ran for his life at other times due to shaky protection against an impressive Jets defensive front. He acknowledged there were times when he could have kicked the ball earlier to avoid a sack (he was dropped six times).

The Patriots only managed one touchdown, to pair with five Nick Folk field goals, with Jones saying, “We did enough to score points, but we want to do better. And we go.”

Jones’ remarks highlight what appears to be a concerted effort to wipe the slate clean from his rocky start to the season when frustrations surfaced at times.

“There are obviously things you can control, and for me it’s just my attitude and my effort, being a good teammate and showing up and trying to lead the guys,” he said.

Teammates see it too.

“He looked ready to go, man. Obviously you know what happened last week [33-14 loss to the Chicago Bears],” recipient Kendrick Bourne said.

Jones said Sunday that members of the offense “did extra things to come together as a team” ahead of the game, which he said needs to continue to happen in order to produce better results.

“I thought the process was there. I’m just super happy to be a part of this and I want to keep growing here,” he said.

Recipient Jakobi Meyers said last week that hearing local fans cheer Zappe was “difficult as a man to see someone who worked so hard getting that kind of treatment”. He had Jones’ back again on Sunday

Now an improved performance on Sunday against the lockout cornerback Stephen Gilmore and the Colts 3-4-1 (1 p.m. ET, CBS), before heading to the Nov. 13 exemption, is the goal.

“I wouldn’t say just Mac. It wasn’t just him trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together,” Meyers said. “We all had to unite, block better, travel the roads better, open up better for him, protect him. Everything does not fall on him. »

Since many of you aren’t subscribed to BTN Plus, below we’ll share some notes on Indiana’s preseason exposure against Marian as it happens.

The Daily Hoosier is live at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

Game tips at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Follow updates and join us in the discussion section.

FINAL STATISTICS

Live stats are also in pre-season mode. Malik Reneau is not shown but had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

SECOND PART

Final. Indiana wins 78-42.

Final media expiration time. IU leads 75-38 with 3:24 to go. Logan Duncomb with 10 points and 9 rebounds in 21 minutes.

Indiana 8-17 (47%) from three overall for the game.

Reneau has ice on his knee and hasn’t seen since his injury early in the second half. It doesn’t seem like anything serious.

Anthony Leal checks in at 5:39. All available scholarship players have seen the ground now.

Waiting period for children under 8: Indiana 65, Marian 35.

Freshman Kaleb Banks makes his first appearance. Only Anthony Leal did not see the floor among the available players.

Waiting period for children under 12: Indiana 60 Marian 30.

Indiana 57 Marian 30, 12:54 left. Free time.

Geronimo and Galloway again came off the bench in the second half.

At the Under-16 media timeout, IU leads 52-25. Malik Reneau leads IU with 14 points. He appeared to bump his knees with a Marian player while taking a charge and asked to be taken out of the game.

HALF-TIME: INDIANA 42 MARIAN 21

Steve Downing and the 1973 Final Four team recognized at halftime. #iubb pic.twitter.com/d8kCd3EvnU

— Mike Schumann @ The Daily Hoosier (@daily_hoosier) October 29, 2022

Half-time stats:

FIRST HALF

Indiana 40, Marian 19. 1:09 left. Free time. Thompson race 3 of 3 of three, 13 points for the team.

Indiana leads 33-13, 4:52 to go. Timeout Marian. Indiana appears to have gone through its rotation. Anthony Leal and Kaleb Banks are yet to leave the bench.

Waiting period for children under 8, UI leads 26-13. Race Thompson leads IU with 10 points including two 3-pointers. Xavier Johnson is 0 of 7 from the field.

CJ Gunn and Logan Duncomb both check in after the timeout.

Waiting period for children under 12, UI leads 21-5. Hoosiers shooting 64% from the field. 11:11 remaining.

Indiana leads 19-5, with 12:32 to go in the first half. Free time. Race Thompson leads IU with seven including one 3-pointer. Jalen Hood-Schifino has six.

Jordan Geronimo is the first player to come off the bench for IU. Trey Galloway second.

At the time out of the under 16s, it’s IU 10, Marian 0. Race Thompson leads IU with four points. Knights are 0 of 6 from the field.

Indiana opened the game on a 10-0 run in three minutes.

It’s the crowd at the exhibition level that you expect on a beautiful Saturday in October. #iubb pic.twitter.com/C3PFj9gE3J

— Mike Schumann @ The Daily Hoosier (@daily_hoosier) October 29, 2022

PRE-MATCH NOTES

The main pre-game update is that Trayce Jackson-Davis and Tamar Bates are out of uniform and will not be playing today. Jackson-Davis appears to be struggling with a right hand/wrist injury. Bates is on his feet and doesn’t have any sort of obvious injury.

Malik Reneau is expected to start in place of Jackson-Davis, alongside Xavier Johnson, Jalen Hood-Schifino, Miller Kopp and Race Thompson.

Official release of IU on Bates and Jackson-Davis:

Indiana senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis and second-year guard Tamar Bates will both be inactive today for Indiana for precautionary reasons. No other questions will be discussed at this stage. The program will provide further details when available.

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