Patrice Sulton, who helped write the new code, explains everything
, a criminal-and-civil-defense attorney who was previously a professor at George Washington University’s law school.
I knew that you could get these little piecemeal wins, but they take a long time and they can be undone very quickly, and it’s hard to do them right. So instead of, like, a win for one side and then a win for another side, it’s more sensible to get prosecutors and defense attorneys together and say, “What can we all agree on?” and “This is what the rules should be.
Yes. We said, “Okay, here are all the offenses, so let’s first put them in order [of severity] from the most serious conduct to the least serious conduct. Would you rather be stabbed in the face or shot in the leg?” Under current law, for example, the maximum authorized penalty for carjacking is the same amount of time as second-degree murder. Under the new code, it’s not going to be punished by the same measure anymore.I think that’s the biggest misconception. These are really high penalties.
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