Washington Post: Justice Department pressed to stop charging D.C. gun cases in federal court

By Editor On May 19, 2021 Last updated May 19, 2021

Nearly 90 former federal prosecutors are asking Attorney General Merrick Garland and the acting U.S. attorney in Washington to abandon a Trump-era policy of charging certain gun crimes in federal court amid concerns about long prison sentences that disproportionately affect Black residents.

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