D.C.’s new top prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, is seeking more authority to prosecute young people as adults in D.C.’s court system. Amid pressure from the White House to bring down crime, Pirro told the News4 I-Team she wants to prosecute suspects as young as 12 as adults.

Pirro zeroed in quickly on the idea that she didn’t have enough tools when it comes to prosecuting young people. In a sit-down interview, the I-Team asked if she believes the D.C. Council will give her those tools.

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“No, and, in fact, what I look to do is to amend some of the outrageous, pro-defendant, anti-victim laws that have been passed,” she said.

Pirro spoke about “young punks going out assaulting people, shooting people.”

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