Outgoing District of Columbia Attorney General Linda Singer is creating a controversy on her way out the door by lobbying to prevent prosecutors from automatically sending teenagers to adult jail for violent crimes, The Examiner has learned.

Since she announced her resignation two weeks ago, Singer has said in private meetings that she has committed staff to pushing for a change in federal law that allows prosecutors to charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults when they’re accused of serious crimes like homicide.