Metro Weekly: D.C. activists protest lack of justice for transgender victims of crime
Demonstrators say the judicial system doesn't seem to value the lives of transgender individuals
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Washington Blade: DC Council member asks court to ban discrimination against LGBT jurors
District Council member Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) last month sent a letter to the chief judge of the D.C. Superior Court asking him to amend the court’s juror nondiscrimination policy to include LGBT people in the jury selection process.
DCist: Thanks To The Shutdown, Hundreds Of Would-Be Lawyers Are Still Waiting To Get Barred In D.C.
Next week, hundreds of prospective lawyers will sit down to take the D.C. bar exam. But while they do, hundreds more are still stuck in limbo, waiting on the D.C. Courts to give them permission to practice law after passing the bar exam…
Washington Post: It began as a D.C. fender bender and escalated into a shooting that wounded 5
All afternoon, Diane Offutt sat in Courtroom C-10 of D.C. Superior Court, where newly charged defendants are processed into the system and a judge decides about bail. Thursday was like most afternoons in C-10, with dozens of handcuffed…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Murders are falling — just not in D.C. But here’s a smart response.
NATIONWIDE, THE number of murders is trending down. Not, though, in the District of Columbia: Homicides last year soared by nearly 40 percent and are still on the rise. Many factors are at play, but at center stage in the carnage has been…
James Zeigler: Bowser’s partnership with feds on gun crime undermines home rule and will hurt DC
Mayor Muriel Bowser recently announced she will be partnering with federal prosecutors and law enforcement to aggressively pursue longer sentences, including harsher mandatory minimum sentences, for those charged with gun possession…
WTOP: DC leans on FBI, ATF to curb city’s rising murder rate
WASHINGTON — D.C. and federal authorities are cracking down on armed felons in an attempt to bring down the District’s rising homicide rate.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor: Taking local gun cases to federal court sends message that ‘violence…
D.C. police and federal agents will work closely together this year in a crackdown on convicted felons illegally carrying guns in the city, a law enforcement strategy prompted by a steep increase in homicides in 2018, officials said…
Statement from Councilmember Charles Allen on Office of the US Attorney’s decision to shift…
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February 6, 2019
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Statement from Councilmember Charles Allen on Office of the US Attorney’s decision to shift prosecuting District residents for local offenses in federal…
Fox 5: FBI launches new effort to help combat crime in DC
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The FBI is launching a new initiative to help drive down violent crime in the District, targeting repeat offenders arrested with guns.
Washington Post: She reported that her husband abused her. Then the divorce became ‘another form of…
The argument allegedly began over a bottle of bath soap and ended with Elaine Rigas’s then-husband lunging at her throat. As she held their 1-year-old son in a bathtub, Rigas said, she feared that the man would strangle her to death.
Washington Post: ‘Shock’: 13 who thought they passed D.C. bar exam learn that they failed
A paralegal at a law firm that works on immigration issues took the D.C. bar exam last summer. Months later, she heard from the D.C. Court of Appeals, which reviews admissions to the bar: She passed.
jonetta rose barras: We want you back — courting DC’s courts
Everyone seemed to have had a fit of indignation recently when the media reported that couples couldn’t get marriage licenses because the DC Marriage Bureau was closed — another victim of the federal government shutdown, instigated by the…
WTOP: Couples celebrate as DC resumes issuing marriage licenses as shutdown continues
WASHINGTON — Couples are again able to get married in the District.
Mayor Bowser Signs LOVE Act, Allowing Couples to Get Married in DC Despite Government Shutdown
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January 11, 2019
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Mayor Bowser Signs LOVE Act, Allowing Couples to Get Married in DC Despite Government Shutdown
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “Let Our Vows…
WTOP: DC will soon issue marriage licenses again
WASHINGTON — Good news for lovebirds: Marriage licenses will soon be issued in D.C. again.
Curbed DC: Love wins: D.C. approves emergency bill letting couples get marriage licenses during…
Local lawmakers passed a workaround while the marriage bureau at D.C. Superior Court remains closed
DCist: D.C. Residents Can Soon Get Married Again, Even As Shutdown Continues
Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage, according to Frank Sinatra. But the government shutdown made a liar of Ol’ Blue Eyes in the District … until now.
Washington Post: D.C. Council approves ‘LOVE’ Act to allow marriages to continue during shutdown
Let the wedding bells ring again in the District.
BuzzFeed News: Marriages In DC Are Back On During The Shutdown After The DC Council Passed Emergency…
WASHINGTON — The DC Council on Tuesday tackled one of the odder side effects of the partial federal government shutdown, unanimously passing emergency legislation that makes it possible for couples who want to get married in the District of…