News & Updates
Testimony on Paternity Establishment Amendment Act
OAG testified before DC Council about needed reforms to modernize our approach to establishing paternity.
Making DC Safer, in the Short and Long Term
Our most important role is to help protect our neighbors—and we take that job very seriously.
AG Racine Statement on OAG's Prosecution of Juvenile Violent Crime
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued the following statement about the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)’s prosecution of violent crime by juveniles. OAG prosecutes all incidents of violent crime committed by juveniles, where there is sufficient evidence to do so. These efforts are…
AG Racine Files a Notice of Appeal in Purdue Pharma & Sackler Bankruptcy Plan
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that he filed a notice of appeal in Purdue Pharma’s flawed bankruptcy plan. He asserted that the plan is inadequate, and that a bankruptcy court does not have the authority to prevent attorneys general from enforcing state law, including the…
OAG Testimony on B24-0063, the “Second Chance Amendment Act of 2021” and B24-0110, the “Criminal Record Expungement Amendment Act of 2021”
Statement of Jeminé Trouth, Assistant Chief of the Criminal Section with the Public Safety Division, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Coalition of 24 Attorneys General Express Opposition to Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy Plan
Attorney General Karl A. Racine joined 23 other state attorneys general in issuing a statement expressing disappointment in a plan filed by opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma in bankruptcy court.
Prepared Remarks: AG Racine Speaks at the Sentencing Project's Release of the "No End in Sight: America's Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment" Report
Delivered by Attorney General Karl A. Racine
AG Racine Leads Coalition of 18 Attorneys General Backing New Jersey’s Limits on Local Participation in Federal Immigration Enforcement
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief defending a New Jersey policy that limits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
OP-ED: D.C.’s gun laws may have saved our democracy
Strict gun laws do not fully stifle those with direct lawless intent, but they do greatly reduce destructive potential.