Testimony of Nazgol Ghandnoosh - Co-Director of Research The Sentencing Project

Testimony of Nazgol Ghandnoosh Co-Director of Research The Sentencing Project On Criminal Code Reform Commission Before the Council of the District of Columbia, Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety May 1st, 2024 I’m Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Co-Director of Research at The Sentencing Project and a DC resident of Ward 1. [...] The Commission's Vast Expertise Recently, the Council turned to the expertise of the Commission while responding to acute crime concerns. [...] Over many years, the Commission demonstrated its vast expertise in the process of developing the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA), a modernization overhaul of the criminal code. [...] The voting members of the Commission’s advisory group, which included the District’s Office of the Attorney General and the U. [...] The Commission also helped to inform the Council in the process of drafting and revising the RCCA.