Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025

First, the bill mandates a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder (currently, the mandatory minimum sentence is 30 years imprisonment and the maximum sentence is life imprisonment without parole). The bill also repeals provisions that prohibit the sentencing of individuals under the age of 18 to life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder.

The bill also establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of

10 years imprisonment for second-degree murder,

10 years imprisonment for kidnapping,

25 years imprisonment for first- degree sexual abuse, and

25 years imprisonment for rape.

Finally, the bill increases the mandatory minimum sentence for

first-degree burglary from 5 years to 10 years imprisonment,

unarmed carjacking from 7 years to 10 years imprisonment,

armed carjacking from 15 years to 20 years imprisonment, and

rape with a prior conviction of a crime of violence from 7 years to 30 years imprisonment.