PDF D.C. Code § 24–403.03. Modification of an imposed term of imprisonment for violations of law committed before 25 years of age
This statute, established in 2016 and amended in 2018 and 2020, gives individuals who have served at least 15 years for a crime committed prior to age 25 the opportunity to have a court review their sentence. It establishes that the court shall reduce their sentence If the court finds, after considering the factors required under the statute, that the individual is not a danger to the safety of any person or the community and that the interests of justice warrant a sentence modification.