Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said she will speak Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday against four House bills that aim to change how crime is prosecuted in the nation’s capital.
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The House of Representatives will debate and vote Tuesday on a bill that would allow 14 year-olds to be charged as adults in D.C. Another bill would repeal that discretion that judges have in imposing sentences for people under the age of 24.
“These anti-D.C. home rule bills were introduced by members of C