These archaic DC laws are still on the books

Name: These archaic DC laws are still on the books
Uploaded: 2023-03-11T04:16:00Z
Duration: 3 min 10 s
Description: It was national news when Congress voted to block D.C.'s criminal code bill, the first comprehensive overhaul of the city's crime laws since 1901. That means some laws as old as the 1800s are still on the books. FOX 5 headed out to see what people in D.C. think about some of them, like a rule prohibiting being a “common scold,” or a quarrelsome individual.

It was national news when Congress voted to block D.C.'s criminal code bill, the first comprehensive overhaul of the city's crime laws since 1901. That means some laws as old as the 1800s are still on the books. FOX 5 headed out to see what people in D.C. think about some of them, like a rule prohibiting being a “common scold,” or a quarrelsome individual.

Posted March 10, 2023 11:16pm EST