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

This bill, the Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025, would sharply raise mandatory minimum sentences for several serious crimes in the District of Columbia and would repeal certain parole/sentencing oversight provisions that currently apply to DC. Key changes include transforming the punishment for first-degree murder to life imprisonment without release, establishing minimum terms for second-degree murder, rape, and first-degree sexual abuse (with notably higher minimums), and increasing minimum sentences for kidnapping, carjacking, and first-degree burglary. The bill applies to criminal conduct occurring after the date of enactment, meaning it does not retroactively alter punishment for offenses committed before it becomes law. In short, the bill moves DC criminal penalties toward longer, statutorily required prison terms for major violent offenses and certain property offenses, while removing some existing parole/indeterminate-sentence provisions that currently govern sentencing in some cases.