soften penalties for violent crimes including carjackings, murder and sexual assault! the upside? well, now the courts won t have to deal with violent offenders. they could be free to prosecute gas-oven owners, and it s about time! the overall city s criminal code includes reduced maximum sentences and the elimination of nearly all mandatory minimum sentences. this is crazy! there s also provisions that let violent criminals ask for early release 20 years into their sentences in case they were too stupid to demand they go to the women s jail. grow your hair out for god s sake. so if you re in a drug cartel, maybe that migrant bus taking to you d.c. isn t such a bad idea after all. they initially passed this code in november but democrat mayor muriel bowser vetoed it. listen. anytime there s a policy that reduces penalties, i think it sends the wrong message. it s the wrong way to go. greg: hm. her insurance must have approved stem cell treatments because it sounds like
message. it s the wrong way to go. greg: hm. her insurance must have approved stem cell treatments because it sounds like she finally grew a brain. maybe she could lend it to our president on the weekends. but this is the same lady behind the creation of blm plaza. trip visor says it s one adviser says it s one of the 10 best streets for getting beaten on a budget. she vetoed giving criminals free reign of the city but the last time i checked, thugs weren t exactly being sent to their room with no supper of the she was overruled this week by the council which claims they re not handing out harsh penalties any ways so let s get rid of them. so the ruling might make her look moderate but really she s as crazy as they are. here is how one councilman tried to spin it. it doesn t lessen the penalty. it lines up with what the courts are handing out. what people are looking at is on d.c. s criminal code, many, many years ago, there was something added that added the possible maximum as
baltimore police ripped these men from their homes 36 years ago for a murder they did not commit. we re happy we re free, but this should have never happened. this is the first time i ve been able to hug my son in about 20 some years. hugs weren t the only things missed. two of the men have never driven a car. they ve spent more time behind bars than their homes all because of what happened in 1983. back then, police arrested and charged 16-year-old alfred chestnut and ransom watkins and 17-year-old stewart foss a killing of a teenager at a boston middle school. the murder was over a sports jacket. they were sentenced to life behind bars. i hate to put it like this. we went through hell. a break in the case came when
this, for this day. reporter: baltimore police ripped these three men from their homes on thanksgiving day 36 years ago for a murder they did not commit. we re smiling. we re happy that we re free. but we ve got a lot to fix. absolutely. this should have never happened. this is the first time i ve been able to hug my son in about 20-some years. reporter: hugs weren t the only things missed. two of the men had never driven a car. they ve actually spent more time behind bars than their homes. all because of what happened in 1983. back then police arrested and charged 16-year-old alfred chestnut and ransom watkins and 17-year-old andrew stewart for the killing of a teenager at a baltimore middle school. police say the murder was over a sports jacket. their smoking gun, a similar jacket found inside chestnut s home, despite no blood or gunshot evidence. his mother even had a receipt of purchase, according to court paperwork. still, they were sentenced to
thanksgiving day in 1983. now all these years later they ll get to spend the holiday with their families and loved ones. here with more on why their convictions were overturned. reporter: free at last. oh, man. i mean i ve been always dreaming of this. reporter: baltimore police ripped these three men from their homes for a murder they did not commit. this should have never happened. this is the first time i have been able to hug my son in about 20 some years. reporter: hugs weren t the only things missed. two of the men have never driven a car. they ve spent more time behind bars than they re homes all because of what happened in 1983. they charged alfred chest put