Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act

Key Points

• Sets life without release as the required sentence for first-degree murder in Washington, D.C.
• Adds a 10-year minimum prison sentence for second-degree murder in D.C. (up to life still possible).
• Raises minimum prison terms in D.C. for rape and first-degree sexual abuse to at least 25 years, with a 30-year minimum for repeat violent offenders.
• Creates or raises minimum sentences for kidnaping (10 years), carjacking (10 years unarmed, 20 years armed), and first-degree burglary (10 years).
• Applies only to crimes committed after the bill becomes law; it would not change sentences for earlier cases.