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Washington Democrats are ready to vote on a bill that would release juvenile killers from jail early — so long as they didn’t kill more than two victims, the apparent threshold for Democratic sympathy — and then give them free rent to live in your neighborhood.

modifies the state’s approach to juvenile sentencing and early release eligibility. Individuals convicted of crimes committed before their 18th birthday can petition the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) for early release upon reaching the age of 24, provided they meet specific criteria. Those convicted of three or more murder offenses must serve at least 20 years before petitioning.

The primary sponsor for the bill is State Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), who said this “is about accountability.” How? Frame doesn’t explain, of course. She did, however, say that it’s not fair for a juvenile murderer to have to wait the current 20 years before being considered for release.

If they’re granted release, the murderer or other serious felon would be provided rental vouchers courtesy of taxpayers. But the bill does not specify for how long rental vouchers could be offered, meaning they could be provided indefinitely.

The bill is based on the now-clich茅 argument about “brain development” not happening until a juvenile turns 24. Democrats pretend a juvenile doesn’t recognize it’s wrong to murder people until 24, though in Washington they say a 13-year-old can start to transition to a different gender without parental consent.

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How is it safe to release murderers and pay their rent?

A number of juvenile criminals testified in favor of the bill that would help release them from confinement early. Among those who testified in favor of the bill were two murderers and a child molester. The exact kind of criminals many Washington Democrats want to release, no matter the impact this has on the family members of the victims.

How can this be considered a good idea? And yet because of a procedural move, this bill could come up for a vote at any moment. Predictably, progressives say we need more compassion and fewer consequences, but compassion shouldn鈥檛 mean naivet茅鈥攅specially when it endangers the community.

Supporters claim rigorous risk assessments and rehabilitative programs will keep the community safe. But forgive my skepticism: we’ve heard this song before, and it’s never played out well. Too many supposedly “rehabilitated” offenders have reoffended, and this bill risks repeating those tragic failures.

Just last week, a 71-year-old level three sex offender pleaded guilty to possessing images of child sexual abuse. Prosecutors say Alan Lewis Meirhofer lured teen boys to his home with gifts and weed. One of the boys found the explicit images on Meirhofer’s phone and told his mother, who called police. He was previously released as a Sexually Violent Predator from the Civil Commitment Center on McNeil Island, and then never completed a sex offender treatment program when he was released, according to the Washington State .

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Even Democrats don’t like this bill

SB 5266-S2 isn鈥檛 compassionate鈥攊t鈥檚 reckless. And even Democrats are concerned.

“Civil society has expectations around the appropriate punishment for taking a life,” State Rep. Lauren Davis, a Democrat, told “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “This legislation would allow a person to leave prison as soon as six years after killing somebody. The bill allows these early releases even for people convicted of two homicides. So, that’s three years per murder. That is just not objectively reasonable.”

A House version of this bill couldn’t get enough support for advancement. Perhaps they watched some of the testimony from Frame when she pitched the bill for the first time.

This isn’t compassionate at all

When a critic noted that this process would mean a family would be put in a position to ask a board to deny the petition of the monster who murdered their daughter just a few years earlier, expecting they’d serve the 20-year sentence imposed on them, Frame had the temerity to aren’t forced to testify at all, so it’s not really聽迟丑补迟听much of a burden. How compassionate.

Perhaps Frame should be the one to contact families and explain to them they have the option to be retraumatized thanks to her tireless efforts to release murderers and child molesters. After all, as Frame pointed out, the criminals apologized for their crime so they should be given another chance.

Legislators should protect communities, not gamble with public safety to score ideological points. Offering offenders taxpayer-subsidized housing vouchers and early release is neither justice nor mercy. It鈥檚 an invitation for tragedy鈥攁nd unfortunately, the public pays the price while Democrats campaign off their supposed compassion for juvenile offenders who “just made a careless mistake.”

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