Charles Stimson

3 weeks ago | aol.com | Charles Stimson |Hans von Spakovsky

Sanctuary cities’ runaround of the law may have finally come to an end, thanks to a creative program called Operation Guardian Angel. Launched by Bill Essayli, the new U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, this commonsense approach to force scofflaw sanctuary cities to cooperate with—and stop obstructing—federal immigration authorities should be copied by U.S. attorneys around the nation to help rid the country of criminal illegal aliens being detained by local authorities.

3 weeks ago | heritage.org | Charles Stimson

The legacy of Matt Graves, the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, is now coming into focus, and it’s not pretty. In April, I reported in these pages that from 2018 to 2022, only 1.7% of people arrested on charges of carrying a pistol without a license in the District were sentenced to prison. Now we have the 2023-2024 data from the District of Columbia Sentencing Commission, which shows that during the last two years of Mr. Graves’ tenure, a meager 3% of adults arrested on charges of carrying a pistol without a license were sentenced to prison.

1 month ago | heritage.org | Charles Stimson

Once in a blue moon, you run across a statistic or record that is mind-boggling. Some are amazing, like Alex Ovechkin’s 895 goals or Serena Williams’ 23 Grand Slam singles titles. But others are disturbing, like the fact that in Washington, D.C., between 2018 and 2022, only 1.7% of people arrested for carrying a pistol without a license were sentenced to prison. This dismal record comes from the District of Columbia Sentencing Commission, which analyzed arrest and sentencing trends in the District’s Superior Court for carrying a pistol without a license.

Nov 25, 2024 | heritage.org | Charles Stimson

Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, is the most experienced career criminal prosecutor ever slated to be the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. She has more criminal trials under her belt as a prosecutor than any modern U.S. Attorney General, and possibly more than every previous one. In our nation’s history, there have been 86 U.S. Attorneys General.

Oct 17, 2024 | heritage.org | Charles Stimson

Raise your hand if you think all convicted murderers, burglars, drug dealers, thieves, armed robbers, rapists, arsonists and weapons traffickers should be incarcerated. You’re in good company. Law-abiding people across the political spectrum agree with you. But not the Biden-Harris administration, including Alejandro Mayorkas, its previously impeached homeland security secretary. It has allowed over 95% of illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes to roam the country freely.