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href="https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/national/after-dc-could-trump-take-over-other-cities-he-says-yes">efforts related to crime in Washington D.C</a>., President Donald Trump recently said that he believes criminals as young as 14 should be prosecuted as adults, and U.S. Attorney for the district, Jeanine Pirro, agrees that <a href="https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/homicides-committed-by-kids-are-up-65">juvenile offenders</a> should <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5440657-pirro-dc-age-responsibility-14/">face more severe consequences</a>.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeil3vdi005t01umnshfparx@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" 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href="https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/oxford-high-school-shooter-is-sentenced-to-life-without-parole">resulted in a life sentence without parole</a>.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym25g004s357txvck52ia@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'There are also some areas of the country where 14-year-olds and offenders who are even younger are tried as adults. While Trump and Pirro contend that this move in D.C. will help cut down crime, some experts have warned against such measures.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym28h004t357tdox36szu@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these ‘minors’ as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14,” <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114977985620971126">said the president in an X post earlier this month</a>. “The most recent victim was beaten mercilessly by local thugs. Washington, D.C., must be safe, clean, and beautiful for all Americans and, importantly, for the World to see.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2az004u357tommgy9mv@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'That was posted as reports came in about the attack of Edward Constantine – a 19-year-old man known as “Big Balls” who played a key role in the Department of Government Efficiency initiative to shrink the size of government, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-administration-staffer-known-as-big-balls-assaulted-in-dc-00494990">per POLTICO</a>. Around a week later, Trump announced a temporary takeover of the nation’s capital, citing out-of-control crime.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2dl004v357totukuyxu@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'While this incident and others, including <a href="https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/girls-beat-elderly-man-to-death-because-they-were-bored">Audacy’s report last year</a> about group of girls ages 12 to 15 who attacked a 64-year-old man, are disturbing, data shows that crime in D.C. and across the nation is down. In D.C., youth arrests reached a post-pandemic high in 2023 and fell last year, according to\xa0<a href="https://jsat.cjcc.dc.gov/public-safety-and-justice-dashboard/monthly-reports/9cef0f31-8f43-43f3-add2-577380295cc6">D.C. government statistics</a> cited <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/politics/dc-youth-crime-laws">by CNN</a>. However, it did note that youth arrests have increased this year.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2hs004w357te49a7i06@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“Young people now make up\xa0<a href="https://jsat.cjcc.dc.gov/public-safety-and-justice-dashboard/monthly-reports/9cef0f31-8f43-43f3-add2-577380295cc6">roughly 7</a>%\xa0of the annual arrests in the city, a share on par with Boston, a city of similar size,” said a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/trump-juvenile-crime-dc-data.html">recent report from The New York Times</a>. “This share is comparable to the national average for juvenile arrests, according to the nonprofit Council on Criminal Justice.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2ke004x357tq8nwsyrm@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Trump and Pirro insist that a law enforcement and prosecution crackdown is necessary.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2o5004y357t9ppc9mlk@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“I know evil when I see it, no matter the age – and the violence in D.C. committed by young people belongs in criminal court, not family court,” Pirro said in a statement to CNN. “We’re not dealing with kids who need a pat on the back – we’re dealing with a wave of brutal violence that demands a serious response. While others debate causes, families are burying loved ones, and the only way to stop this is to treat violent offenders like the criminals they are.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2qw004z357txm1vuuyv@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In an opinion piece <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/12/jeanine-pirro-juvenile-adult-crime/">published by The Washington Post</a>, Pirro said she has <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/media/1410891/dl?inline">called on the D.C. Council</a>\xa0to “immediately reconsider three laws that are detrimental to public safety and to my ability to fight crime and hold young offenders accountable: the Youth Rehabilitation Act, the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act and the Second Chance Amendment Act.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2tk0050357tutimoobo@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In particular, CNN said that Pirro attacked the 2018 Youth Rehabilitation Act, which was enacted to “separate youth offenders from more mature, experienced offenders,” and said the <a href="https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/24-284">2022 Second Chance Amendment Act</a>\xa0allows for the “stunning erasure of criminal convictions.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2vy0051357tyyaiu48x@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'According to CNN, D.C.’s current laws don’t allow juvenile offenders younger than 15 to be prosecuted as adults in the majority of cases. Throughout the country, most states set the “age of majority” or age of criminal responsibility at 18, but many allow cases concerning younger offenders to be moved to adult court.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym2yv0052357tsxy2ws55@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>Here’s a list, based on </strong><a href="https://www.juvenilecompact.org/age-matrix"><strong>Interstate Commission on Juveniles</strong></a><strong> data updated last week:</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiyn1m8006f357tcdqeei88@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Alabama <em>(allows transfer with a juvenile court hearing)</em>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmeiym31m0053357t5i9cokht@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Arkansas', '_version': 2, 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