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DC passes legislation for youth offenders to have sentences reduced

By Mica Soellner
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DC passes legislation for youth offenders to have sentences reduced

The District of Columbia Council approved a measure that would allow people who committed crimes in their youth to apply for a chance to have their sentences reduced.

The bill, which passed on Tuesday, would allow judges to decide whether offenders who were younger than 25 at the time of when they committed a crime and have served at least 15 years would be deserving of an early prison release.

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