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2021-06-18 Home Front: Politix

DC Elects Incarcerated Murderer To Office In Nation's Capital

An inmate at the DC Jail on Tuesday became the first incarcerated person ever elected to office in the nation’s capital.

Joel Caston was elected on Jun 15 to be the advisory neighborhood commissioner for District 7F07, which includes the correctional facility, a women’s shelter, and a recently-opened luxury apartment building, NBC News reported.

Caston, 44, has been incarcerated for 26 years.

He was locked up at 18 for the murder of 18-year-old Rafiq Washington, whom he was convicted of shooting in the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant in DC, The Washington Post reported.

Caston has spent more than four years of his sentence incarcerated at the DC Jail in the southeast quadrant of the city.

That makes him one of the jail’s longest-tenured inmates, according to The Washington Post.

The DC Jail houses 1,400 male and female inmates.

In July of 2020, DC changed the law to allow incarcerated people in the city to vote, and that brought attention to the fact that the seat on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) district where the DC Jail was located had been vacant since 2013, The Washington Post reported.

Posted by Glomoter Ebboting6362 2021-06-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 White House is next?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-06-18 02:57|| 2021-06-18 02:57|| Front Page Top

I propose making his cell a national shrine. Former fellow inmates can narrate guided tours. A gift shop can market T-shirts, framed Caston prints, pamplets and books.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-18 05:03|| 2021-06-18 05:03|| Front Page Top

#3 In July of 2020, DC changed the law to allow incarcerated people in the city to vote

Considering that we already allow the dead and the non-existent to vote, I don't see a problem here.

Posted by Matt 2021-06-18 09:14|| 2021-06-18 09:14|| Front Page Top

#4 White House is next?

Already done..at least the criminal part. Don't know that Joe would even know he was incarcerated as long as he gets his Tapioca.

Posted by Warthog 2021-06-18 09:17|| 2021-06-18 09:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Ima thinkin we have a lot of unindicted and un- incarcerated office-holders in D.C.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-06-18 10:01|| 2021-06-18 10:01|| Front Page Top

#6 They do need to be represented by a peer, don't they?

Posted by Glenmore 2021-06-18 11:26|| 2021-06-18 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Snark of the Day comment

Posted by Warthog 2021-06-18 11:56|| 2021-06-18 11:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Down $1

A sitting convict wields the reins of power
A 9-time felon, violent thug, deadbeat dad and fentanyl addict is our national hero
A blithering moron is our President and a prostitute is his VP

Is this actually happening?
Are we living inside of a dystopian movie?

Posted by Clash Peacock1447 2021-06-18 11:59|| 2021-06-18 11:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Are we living inside of a dystopian movie?

As near as I can tell, we are all extras in the sequel to "Idiocracy".

I also had Bee.

Posted by SteveS 2021-06-18 12:53|| 2021-06-18 12:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Proactive Voting.

Posted by Airandee 2021-06-18 18:14|| 2021-06-18 18:14|| Front Page Top

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