At least 11 defendants stayed in jail cells longer than the law allows, in what former prosecutors and criminal lawyers see as a violation of their constitutional rights.
At least 11 defendants stayed in jail cells longer than the law allows, in what former prosecutors and criminal lawyers see as a violation of their constitutional rights.
Crime has fallen since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington in large numbers. Court records show that they have been involved in about a third of arrests that resulted in prosecution, many of them for minor offenses.
Crime has fallen since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington in large numbers. Court records show that they have been involved in about a third of arrests that resulted in prosecution, many of them for minor offenses.
Many of the arrests in Washington, D.C., involving federal agents have been for low-level offenses. A man was taken into custody in the Columbia Heights neighborhood Aug. 22 on a charge of smoking marijuana in public.
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