Agency Administration and Testimony
- Performance Oversight Testimony, February 27, 2024
- Responses to Performance Oversight Hearing Questions, February 20, 2024
- Written Testimony for the November 29, 2023 Hearing on B25-0555, the "Addressing Crime Trends (ACT) Now Amendment Act of 2023."
- Written Testimony for the November 8, 2023 Hearing on B25-0479, the “Addressing Crime through Targeted Interventions and Violence Enforcement (“ACTIVE”) Amendment Act of 2023
- Written Testimony for the October 4, 2023 Hearing on B25-0421, the “License Suspension Reform Amendment Act of 2023” and B25-0425, the “Strengthening Traffic Enforcement, Education, and Responsibility (“STEER”) Amendment Act of 2023”
- Written Testimony for the September 18, 2023 Hearing on B25-0345, the “Accountability and Victim Protection Amendment Act of 2023"
- Written Testimony for the June 27, 2023 Hearing on B25-0247, the “Female Genital Mutilation Prohibition Act of 2023"
- Written Testimony for the June 27, 2023 Hearing on B25-0291, the “Stronger Safer Amendment Act of 2023"
- Written Testimony for the May 17, 2023 Hearing on B25-0041, the “Forbid Lewd Activity and Sexual Harassment Act of 2023”
- Performance Oversight Testimony, February 15, 2023
- Responses to Performance Oversight Hearing Questions, February 9, 2023
- Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Budget Oversight Hearing Testimony, February 15, 2023
- Oral Testimony with Written Addendum for the December 16, 2021 Hearing on B24-0416 the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2021
- CCRC 2021 Annual Report
- Testimony for the February 28, 2022 Hearing on B24-0516, the “Female Genital Mutilation Prohibition Act of 2021” and B24-0560, the “Animal Care and Control Omnibus Amendment Act of 2021”
- Performance Oversight Testimony, February 18, 2022
- Responses to Performance Oversight Questions, February 7, 2022
- Oral Testimony for the December 16, 2021 Hearing on B24-0416 the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2021
- Testimony for the November 4, 2021 Hearing on on B24-0416, the “Revised Criminal Code Act of 2021" (RCCA)
- Testimony for the October 7, 2021 Hearing on B24-0338, The “Redefinition of Child Amendment Act of 2021”
- CCRC 2020 Annual Report
- CCRC FY 2020 Fourth Quarter Report of Activities
- Testimony for the October 15, 2020 Hearing on B23-0723, the “Rioting Modernization Amendment Act of 2020” and B23-0882, the “Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2020”
- CCRC FY 2020 Third Quarter Report of Activities
- CCRC FY 2020 Second Quarter Report of Activities
- 2020 CCRC Performance Oversight Hearing Testimony
- CCRC 2019 Annual Report
- Criminal Code Reform Commission Responses to 2020 Performance Oversight Questions
- CCRC FY 2019 Fourth Quarter Report of Activities
- CCRC FY 2019 Third Quarter Report of Activities
- CCRC FY 2019 Second Quarter Report of Activities
- Written Testimony for October 23, 2019 Hearing Testimony for the October 23, 2019 Hearing on Bill 23-0409 and Bill 23-0435
- Written Testimony for the October 17, 2019 Hearing on B23-318: Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019
- Testimony for the June 24, 2019 Hearing on B23-134 “Community Harassment Prevention Amendment Act of 2019"
- 2019 CCRC Performance Oversight Hearing Testimony
- 2019 CCRC Budget Oversight Hearing Testimony
- CCRC Responses to Performance Oversight Questions
- CCRC FY 2018 Fourth Quarter Report of Activities
- CCRC 2018 Annual Report and Appendices
- CCRC FY 2018 Third Quarter Report of Activities
- Testimony for the October 4, 2018 Hearing on Protecting Immigrants from Extortion Amendment Act of 2018
- Testimony for the July 11, 2018 Hearing on the Protection from Sexual Extortion Amendment Act of 2017
- CCRC FY 2018 Second Quarter Report of Activities
- CCRC 2017 Annual Report
- FY 2017 Fourth Quarter Report of Activities
- CCRC Written Testimony for Hearing on Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act of 2017
- CCRC FY 2017 Third Quarter Report of Activities
- Testimony for the June 22, 2017 Hearing on the Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Amendment Act of 2017
- 2016 Annual Report
- Criminal Code Reform Commission Responses to Performance Oversight Questions
- Testimony for the February 9, 2017 Oversight Roundtable
- Advisory Group Memo #1 Overview of CCRC and CRAG Draft Work Plan
- CCRC FY 17 Second Quarter Report of Activities
Draft Documents Since March 31, 2021
- Report #78 - Gambling Offenses (Final Draft)
- Report #78 - Gambling Offenses (First Draft)
- Proposed Amendment to LEO Definition
- Report #71 - Terrorism Offenses (Final Draft)
- Report #72 - Obstruction of Justice Offenses (Final Draft)
- Report #73 – Bigamy (Final Draft)
- Report #74 – Repeal of Throwing Stones or Other Missiles, Kindling Bonfires, and Redundant Pollution Statutes (Final Draft)
- Report #75 - Resisting Arrest (Final Draft)
- Report #76 - Perjury and Other Official Falsification Offenses (Final Draft)
- Report #77 - Repeal of Miscellaneous Crimes and Statutes (Final Draft)
- Written Comments Received on Second Drafts of Reports #71 and #72 and First Drafts of Reports #75, #76 and #77
- Written Comments Received on Reports #71-74
- Report #71 - Terrorism Offenses
- Report #72 - Obstruction of Justice Offenses
- Report #73 – Bigamy
- Report #74 – Repeal of Throwing Stones or Other Missiles, Kindling Bonfires, and Redundant Pollution Statutes
- Report #71 - Terrorism Offenses (Second Draft)
- Report #72 - Obstruction of Justice Offenses (Second Draft)
- Report #73 – Bigamy (Second Draft)
- Report #75 - Resisting Arrest
- Report #76 - Perjury and Other Official Falsification Offenses
- Report #77 - Repeal of Miscellaneous Crimes and Statutes
Cumulative Updates to Draft Recommendations
- Report #70 – Criminal Code Reform Commission (CCRC) Recommendations for the Council and Mayor (Voting Draft)
- Advisory Group Memorandum #42: Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #70
- Advisory Group Comments on Report #68
- First Draft of Report 68 - Title Page and RCC Compilation
- First Draft of Report #68 - Cumulative Update to the Revised Criminal Code Commentary Subtitle I: General Part
- First Draft of Report #68, Cumulative Update to the Revised Criminal Code Commentary Subtitle II: Offenses Against Persons
- First Draft of Report #68 - Cumulative Update to the Revised Criminal Code Commentary Subtitles III-V, Outside Title 22, and Repealed Statutes
- Advisory Group Memorandum #39 - Appendix B
- Advisory Group Memorandum #39 - Appendix C
- Advisory Group Memorandum #39 - Appendix J
- Advisory Group Memorandum #39 - Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #68
- Advisory Group Comments on First Drafts of Reports # 53-59 Second Drafts of Reports #19 #27 #35 and Third Draft of Report #41
- Advisory Group Memo #35 - Supplemental Materials to the Second Draft of Report #35
- Second Draft of Report #35 - Cumulative Update to Sections 201-213 of the Revised Criminal Code
- Advisory Group Comments on the First Draft of Reports # 51-52 and Second Draft of Report # 41
- Advisory Group Written Comments on the First Draft of Report #50
- Advisory Group Memo 32 - Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report 52
- First Draft of Report 52 - Cumulative Update to RCC Chapter 6
- Advisory Group Memorandum #31: Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #51
First Draft of Report #51 – Jury Demandable Offenses - Advisory Group Memorandum #30: Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #50
- Advisory Group Memo #30: Appendix A
- Advisory Group Memo #30: Appendix B
- Advisory Group Memo #30: Appendix C
- Advisory Group Memo #30: Appendix D1
- Advisory Group Memo #30: Appendix J
- First Draft of Report #50, Cumulative Update to the Revised Criminal Code Other than Chapter 6
- Additional Advisory Group Comments on First Draft of Report #36
- Revised Comments to DC Criminal Code Reform Commission for First Draft of Report #36
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #36
- First Draft of Report #36, Cumulative Update to Chapters 3, 7 and the Special Part of the Revised Criminal Code
- Advisory Group Memo #22 - Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #36
Draft General Provisions for the Revised Criminal Code
- First Draft of Report 67 – Entrapment, Duress, and Mental Disease or Defect Defenses
- First Draft of Report #66 – Defense of Self, Others, or Property
- First Draft of Report #61 – Abuse of Government Power General Enhancement (c 7-1-20)
- First Draft of Report #60 - Execution of Public Duty, Lesser Harm, and Temporary Possession Defenses
- First Draft of Report #58 – Developmental Incapacity Defense
- Advisory Group Memo #37 – Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #58
- First Draft of Report #53 – Pinkerton Liability
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #35 (Received 5-20-19)
- Comments on First Draft of Report #35, Cumulative Update to Sections 201-213 of the Revised Criminal Code
- First Draft of Report #35: Cumulative Update to Sections 201-213 of the Revised Criminal Code
- Advisory Group Memorandum #21: Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #35
- First Draft of Report #34 - De Minimis Defense
- First Draft of Report #30, Withdrawal Defense and Exceptions to Legal Accountability and General Inchoate Liability
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #25
- First Draft of Report #25 – Merger
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #22
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #18
- Advisory Group Memorandum #19 – Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #22
- First Draft of Report #22 – Accomplice Liability and Related Provisions
- Advisory Group Memorandum #16, Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #18
- First Draft of Report #18, Solicitation and Renunciation
- Advisory Group Written Comments on Third Draft of Report #2
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Drafts of Report #13
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #12
- Third Draft of Report #2, Basic Requirements of Offense Liability
- Advisory Group Memorandum #14, Third Draft of Report #2
- First Draft of Report #13, Criminal Attempt Penalties
- Advisory Group Memo #13, Definition of a Criminal Conspiracy
- First Draft of Report #12, Definition of a Criminal Conspiracy
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Drafts of Reports #6 & #7
- Advisory Group Comments on First Draft of Report 5 and Second Draft of Report 2 (6-15-17)
- Advisory Group Memo #11 - Definition of a Criminal Attempt (6-7-17c)
- First Draft of Report #7 - Definition of a Criminal Attempt (6-7-17c)
- Advisory Group Memo #10 Appendix D - Edited Sentencing Commission Statistics on District Penalty Enhancements (6-7-17c)
- Advisory Group Memo #10 Appendix C - Sentencing Commission Statistics on District Penalty Enhancements (6-7-17c)
- Advisory Group Memo #10 - Penalty Enhancements (6-7-17c)
- First Draft of Report #6 - Penalty Enhancements (6-7-17c)
- Advisory Group Memo #9 – Offense Classes and Penalties (5-5-17)
- Second Draft of Report #2 Recommendations for Chapter 2 of the Revised Criminal Code – Basic Requirements of Offense Liability (5-5-17)
- Advisory Group Memo #8 – Changes for Second Draft of Report #2 (5-5-17)
- First Draft of Report #5 Recommendations for Chapter 8 of the RCC – Offense Classes and Penalties (5-5-17)
- Advisory Group Comments on First Drafts of Reports #3 and #4
- First Draft of Report #4 – Recommendations for Chapter 1 of the Revised Criminal Code: Preliminary Provisions
- Report #3 - Recommendations for Chapter 2 of the Revised Criminal Code: Mistake, Deliberate Ignorance, and Intoxication
- Advisory Group Comments on First Draft of Report #2
- Advisory Group Memo #7
- Advisory Group Memo #6
- Advisory Group Memo #5
- Advisory Group Memo #4 Changes for Second Draft of Report #1
- Advisory Group Memo #3 Copy of DC Sentencing Commission’s Relevant Draft Statutory Language on Liability Requirements
- Report #2, First Draft Recommendations for Chapter 2 of the Revised Criminal Code - Basic Requirements of Offense Liability
- Advisory Group Memo # 2 Adoption of a Comprehensive General Part in the Revised Criminal Code
Draft Property Offenses for the Revised Criminal Code
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #44
- First Draft of Report #45 – Fraudulent Advertising and Fraudulent Registration
- First Draft of Report #44 – Trademark Counterfeiting
- Second Draft of Report #9: Recommendations for Theft and Damage to Property Offenses
- Advisory Group Written Comments on Reports #8 Through #11
- Advisory Group Memo #12, Property Offense Supplementary Materials
- First Draft of Report #11 - Recommendations for Extortion, Trespass, and Burglary Offenses
- First Draft of Report #10 - Recommendations for Fraud and Stolen Property Offenses
- First Draft of Report #9 - Recommendations for Theft and Damage to Property Offenses
- First Draft of Report #8 - Recommendations for Property Offense Definitions, Aggregation, and Multiple Convictions
Controlled Substances
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Drafts of Reports #37 and #38
- Advisory Group Memorandum #23: Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #37
- First Draft of Report #37 - Controlled Substance and Related Offenses
- First Draft of Report #38 – Enlistment of Minors and Maintaining Location to Distribute or Manufacture Controlled Substances
Offenses Against Persons
- Advisory Group Memo #34 - Supplemental Materials to the Second Draft of Report #27
- Second Draft of Report #27 – Human Trafficking and Related Statutes
- Advisory Group Memo #33 - Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #53 and the Second Draft of Report # 19
- Second Draft of Report #19 - Homicide Offenses
- Second Draft of Report #27 – Human Trafficking and Related Statutes
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Reports #42-49
- First Draft of Report #49 – Parental Kidnapping and Related Statutes
- First Draft of Report #48 –Incest
- First Draft of Report #43 – Blackmail
- First Draft of Report #42 – Obscenity, Privacy, and Related Offenses
- Advisory Group Memo #29 - Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #42
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Reports #26-#28
- First Draft of Report #26, Sexual Assault and Related Provisions
- First Draft of Report #27, Human Trafficking and Related Statutes
- First Draft of Report #28, Stalking
- Advisory Group Memo #20 Supplementary Materials to the First Drafts of Reports #26-29
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #21
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #19
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #20
- First Draft of Report #21: Recommendations for Kidnapping and Related Offenses
- Advisory Group Memorandum #18: Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #22
- Advisory Group Memorandum #17, Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Reports #19-20
- First Draft of Report #19, Homicide
- First Draft of Report #20, Abuse and Neglect of Children, Elderly, and Vulnerable Adults
- Second Draft of Report #14, Definitions for Offenses Against Persons
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Drafts of Reports #14 - #17
- First Draft of Report #14, Definitions for Offenses Against Person
- First Draft of Report #15, Assault and Offensive Physical Contact Offenses
- First Draft of Report #16, Robbery
- First Draft of Report #17, Criminal Menace and Criminal Threat Offenses
- Advisory Group Memorandum #15, Supplementary Materials to the First Drafts of Reports #13-17
Offenses Against Government Operations
- First Draft of Report #62 - Impersonation of a District Official
- First Draft of Report #55 – Failure to Appear and Violation of Conditions of Release Offenses
- First Draft of Report #33 - Correctional Facility Contraband
- First Draft of Report #32 - Tampering with a Detection Device
- First Draft of Report #31 - Escape from Institution or Officer
- First Draft of Report #29, Failure to Arrest
Offenses Against Public Order
- First Draft of Report #65 – Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor
- First Draft of Report #64 – Allowing Dogs To Go At Large
- First Draft of Report #63 – Misrepresentation as a District of Columbia Entity
- First Draft of Report #59 – Endangerment with a Firearm
- First Draft of Report #56 – Panhandling
- First Draft of Report #54 – Prostitution and Related Statutes
- Advisory Group Memo #36 – Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #54
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #46
- First Draft of Report #47 – Illegal Vending
- First Draft of Report #46 – Possession of an Open Container of Alcohol
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Reports #39 and #40
- First Draft of Report #40 - Self-Defense Sprays
- First Draft of Report #39 - Weapon Offenses and Related Provisions
- Advisory Group Memo #24 - Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #39
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Reports 23 and 24
- Public Comment on First Draft of Report #24 (GLAA)
- First Draft of Report #24 – Failure to Disperse and Rioting
- First Draft of Report #23 – Disorderly Conduct and Public Nuisance
Statutory Penalties for Reformed Offenses
- Analysis of Life, Life-Equivalent, and Long-Term Sentences in the District of Columbia 2010-2019
- Advisory Group Comments on Report #69
- First Draft of Report #69 - Cumulative Update to Class Imprisonment Terms and Classification of RCC Offenses
- Advisory Group Memorandum #41 - Supplemental Materials to the First Draft of Report #69
- Advisory Group Memo #41 - Appendix A
- Advisory Group Memo #41 - Appendix G
- Advisory Group Memo #40 - Statistics on District Adult Criminal Charges and Convictions
- Appendix D to Advisory Group Memo #40 - Last in Time Data
- Appendix D to Advisory Group Memo #40 - 72 Hour Data
- Advisory Group Memo #38: Statistics on District Adult Criminal Charges and Convictions
- Appendix D to Advisory Group Memo #38: Statistics on District Adult Criminal Charges and Convictions
- Third Draft of Report #41 - Ordinal Ranking of Maximum Imprisonment Penalties
- First Draft of Report #57 – Second Look
- Second Draft of Report #41 - Ordinal Ranking of Maximum Imprisonment Penalties
- Advisory Group Written Comments on First Draft of Report #41
- Advisory Group Memorandum #28 - Statistics on District Adult Criminal Charges and Convictions
- Appendix D to Advisory Group Memorandum #28 - DC Superior Court Criminal Division Adult Charges and Convictions Disposed
- First Draft of Report #41 - Ordinal Ranking of Maximum Imprisonment Penalties
- Advisory Group Memo #26 – DC Code Statutory Penalties and Voluntary Sentencing Guidelines
- Advisory Group Memo #27 – Public Opinion Surveys on Ordinal Ranking of Offenses
- Advisory Group Memo #25 - Second Look and Related Provisions in Other Jurisdictions
Enactment of Existing Title 22 and Technical Changes
- CCRC Recommendations for Mayor and Council (5-5-17)
- Report #1, Recommendations for Enactment of DC Code Title 22 and Other Changes to Criminal Statutes (Voting Draft)
- Report #1, Appendices I-VIII (Voting Draft)
- Report #1, Appendix IX (Voting Draft)
- Report #1, Second Draft Recommendations for Enactment of DC Code Title 22 and Other Changes to Criminal Statutes
- Report #1, Second Draft Appendices I-VIII
- Report #1, Second Draft Appendix IX
- Report #1, First Draft Recommendations for Enactment of DC Code Title 22 and Other Changes to Criminal Statutes
- Report #1, First Draft Appendices I-VIII
- Report #1, First Draft Appendix IX
Other Public Documents Referenced in the CCRC Recommendations