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The Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association, Convention Center Community Association, and Blagden Alley Naylor Court Association are proud to jointly welcome District of Columbia Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield.
Thursday, March 4, 7-9pm,
Mount Vernon Place United
Methodist Church
900 Massachusetts Ave. NW
The Honorable Judge Lee Satterfield will be our discussion leader on criminal justice issues. This will be a prime opportunity for residents to discuss why repeat offenders are released into our neighborhoods, prosecution and sentencing of handgun offenses and violent crime, the handling of “victimless” crimes, and how neighborhood residents can best influence the criminal justice system.
Admission is free and open to the public.
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CM Jack Evans Has Questions for Chief Judge Satterfield
At the ANC2C public meeting, Wednesday, March 3, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans posed some questions and expressed concerns he'd like Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield to address during the community meeting on March 4.
"Judges on our Superior Court [don't] seem to have an understanding of what we deal with in inner city communities. Why do they think prostitution is a victimless crime ... when it is totally disruptive to the people and residents and businesses where it's taking place? ...
[The Honorable Chief Judge Lee Satterfield will] blame the police and the US Attorney's office. [He'll say] 'it's not us it's them. If they would properly paper the cases, then our judges would respond.'
“The information I get is that, no, it's that [the judges] release people and don't take this stuff seriously. Most of the judges on our Superior Court don't live in Shaw. They live in suburban parts of the city where they don't have these problems. They drive through it, but they really don't understand it. And I would tell [Judge Satterfield] that personally.
“What can we do to educate the judges on the seriousness of what they view of not serious crimes? ... Some of the stuff I did get [ Councilmember Phil Mendelson ] to do was to give the judges the ability to hold people. ... What do [the judges] need from us to do that?
“It's very problematic. The way our judges are appointed in this town is ridiculous. They are appointed by the President of the United States. Judges on our Superior Court are like from California. Can you imagine if I lived in Washington DC and I became a judge on the California Supreme Court? It's absurd! It's absolutely absurd! It would never happen!
“And yet it the District of Columbia, we have people who 'happen to know Bill Clinton,' so they're on our Superior Court. Well big deal, that doesn't help us. That's a long-winded answer with a little frustration. But they've got to focus on crimes that are occurring in our communities that impact us — even though where they live, they don't see it.
“And don't let [Satterfield] give me the 'it ain't me, it's the other guy.'”
Posted By CCCA Prez / At 3/3/10 8:45 PM
At the ANC2C public meeting, Wednesday, March 3, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans posed some questions and expressed concerns he'd like Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield to address during the community meeting on March 4.
"Judges on our Superior Court [don't] seem to have an understanding of what we deal with in inner city communities. Why do they think prostitution is a victimless crime ... when it is totally disruptive to the people and residents and businesses where it's taking place? ...
[The Honorable Chief Judge Lee Satterfield will] blame the police and the US Attorney's office. [He'll say] 'it's not us it's them. If they would properly paper the cases, then our judges would respond.'
“The information I get is that, no, it's that [the judges] release people and don't take this stuff seriously. Most of the judges on our Superior Court don't live in Shaw. They live in suburban parts of the city where they don't have these problems. They drive through it, but they really don't understand it. And I would tell [Judge Satterfield] that personally.
“What can we do to educate the judges on the seriousness of what they view of not serious crimes? ... Some of the stuff I did get [ Councilmember Phil Mendelson ] to do was to give the judges the ability to hold people. ... What do [the judges] need from us to do that?
“It's very problematic. The way our judges are appointed in this town is ridiculous. They are appointed by the President of the United States. Judges on our Superior Court are like from California. Can you imagine if I lived in Washington DC and I became a judge on the California Supreme Court? It's absurd! It's absolutely absurd! It would never happen!
“And yet it the District of Columbia, we have people who 'happen to know Bill Clinton,' so they're on our Superior Court. Well big deal, that doesn't help us. That's a long-winded answer with a little frustration. But they've got to focus on crimes that are occurring in our communities that impact us — even though where they live, they don't see it.
“And don't let [Satterfield] give me the 'it ain't me, it's the other guy.'”
Posted By CCCA Prez / At 3/3/10 8:45 PM
"Also ask him why judge natalie combs green is holding up the convention center hotel. She refuses to dismiss the jbg lawsuit. She was born and raised in california. Please be aggressive."
— "Evans, Jack (COUNCIL)" <jackevans@...>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShawNeighborhood/message/5228
Posted By CCCA Prez / At 3/4/10 4:57 AM
— "Evans, Jack (COUNCIL)" <jackevans@...>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShawNeighborhood/message/5228
Posted By CCCA Prez / At 3/4/10 4:57 AM
