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   WASHINGTON - D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said Friday, during   
   an American University Law Review discussion on Race and the   
   Juvenile Justice System, that he wants restorative justice to become   
   "the default way of dealing with juveniles" – even for some of the   
   most serious crimes, like murder.   
      
   Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee have argued   
   that police are making the arrests but violent juvenile offenders,   
   especially in carjacking crimes, are not being held accountable.   
      
   Mayor Bowser said on Wednesday, "… Not every young person, should be   
   in a diversion program."   
      
   The Office of the Attorney General repleted in a recent email to FOX   
   5. "As a rule—and with almost no exceptions—OAG does not offer   
   diversion for crimes of violence, including carjacking," the email   
   stated.   
      
   The OAG spokesperson also provided FOX 5 with the following   
   information on juvenile carjackings prosecutions last year:   
      
   · Zero juvenile carjacking cases were diverted in 2021.   
      
      
   · Of the 101 carjacking cases OAG papered in 2021, 78 young people   
   were held responsible for a crime (this is the juvenile justice   
   system’s equivalent of being convicted).   
      
   · The remaining 24 cases are a mix of those that are still pre-trial   
   and those that were dismissed (likely for lack of evidence).   
      
   · The juvenile justice system works differently from the adult   
   system. In the juvenile justice system, judges can choose to place   
   an adjudicated delinquent youth on probation or "commit" the youth   
   to DYRS. The judge can commit the youth to DYRS custody/supervision   
   for any period of time up to the youth’s 21st birthday. Whether the   
   youth is placed in secure detention is, under the law, left to DYRS   
   to determine. (The judge does not have the authority to sentence the   
   youth to a period of incarceration, that is a choice made by DYRS.)   
      
   The Mayor’s office argued on Friday that while the OAG is not   
   offering diversion programs for youth offenders committing violent   
   crimes, they are offering a restorative justice program that the   
   Mayor’s team claims is essentially a "post-adjudication diversion   
   program."   
      
   It was explained to FOX 5 there is still prosecution even if the   
   juvenile is entered into the AG's Restorative Justice Program.   
      
   The Mayor’s Office also claimed more youth offenders of armed   
   robbery are going to the OAG’s restorative justice program, over   
   DYRS and court monitoring.   
      
   An official in the Mayor’s office clarified there is no exact   
   "carjacking" charge for juvenile offenders and explained many of   
   these cases fall under juvenile armed robbery charges.   
      
   In 2021, the Mayor’s Office told FOX 5, the District had a total of   
   283 juvenile armed robbery cases prosecuted with these sentencing   
   results:   
      
   · Alternative disposition (deferred agreement)- 119 [OAG restorative   
   justice program]   
      
   · Dismissed- 55   
      
   · Committed- 46 [to DYRS]   
      
   · Probation- 63 [under supervision of DC Superior Court Family Court   
   Social Services Division [FCSSD]]   
      
   The OAG’s office could not confirm these figures. Nor could the   
   Mayor’s Office confirm the OAG’s figures.   
      
   FOX 5 requested both offices provide information on which juveniles   
   convicted in carjacking-related cases last year re-offended.   
      
   We also requested more information on what programs those juveniles   
   recommitting violent offenses were assigned to before recidivism   
   occurred.   
      
   The Attorney General noted in his panel discussion that restorative   
   justice is only offered if the victim wants it. The AG’s office told   
   FOX 5 in 2021, their office only had two carjacking cases and three   
   armed robbery cases that went through the Attorney General's   
   restorative justice program.   
      
   https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-attorney-general-wants-restorative-   
   justice-for-all-juvenile-cases-even-murder   
      
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