The dashboard, the first publicly available and comprehensive data-based look at the OCA’s handling of pretrial release, comes as the office faces attacks from state Republicans for what they view as a “soft on crime” approach to prosecuting.

Under a bill introduced today by D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), the press and public would be able to get mugshots of people arrested in the city.

Unlike many surrounding jurisdictions, D.C. police and prosecutors don’t release mugshots of people arrested for committing a crime. We dig into the reason why that is.

UPDATED: After a day of conjecture and confusion as to Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr.’s (D-Ward 5) fate yesterday, today federal prosecutors charged him with theft and filing a false tax return.

We all know that federal prosecutors are still looking into Mayor Vince Gray’s 2010 campaign, notably claims that campaign staffers paid fellow candidate Sulaimon Brown to attack Adrian Fenty and that they illegally accepted cash contributions and turned them into money orders.

Federal prosecutors announced today that no charges will be filed against the two off-duty D.C. police officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old DeOnté Rawlings on Sept. 17, 2007. Officers James Haskel and Anthony Clay were riding in Haskel’s SUV on the night of the killing, looking for a minibike stolen from Haskel’s garage in Southeast. The officers, who were off-duty and not in uniform, said they found Rawlings on the bike,…