For the first time in more than 100 years, the District of Columbia is working to overhaul its criminal code. The massive undertaking would have a big impact on the District's criminal justice system.

A bill to overhaul D.C.'s criminal code is awaiting the mayor's signature. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the bill. The revised code would bring sweeping changes with everything ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday in favor of a disapproval resolution that would overturn D.C.'s criminal code revisions. By a vote of 81-14-1, the senators passed the H.J. Res. 26, the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A bill to overhaul D.C.’s criminal code was passed unanimously by the D.C. Council Tuesday. However, on Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser was not saying whether she would veto it, ...

The D.C. Council granted second and final approval to a controversial sweeping overhaul of the District's century-old criminal code on Tuesday. According to FOX 5 D.C., the council unanimously voted ...

As dozens of House Republicans gathered in the Capitol building’s Statuary Hall on Friday to celebrate Congress blocking D.C.’s revised criminal code, they made one thing clear: D.C. should buckle up.