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Newshawk: Jim
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/Zlp9CSvR
Pubdate: Wed, 31 Mar 2010
Source: Greenville News (SC)
Copyright: 2010 The Greenville News
Contact:
Website: http://greenvillenews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/877
STATE NEEDS SENTENCING REFORM
The Senate has wisely given its approval to a
sentencing reform bill that largely mirrors
recommendations by a sentencing reform commission
established last year by the Legislature.
The House should follow suit on this bill that
would save taxpayers money, help the Corrections
Department run more efficiently and help equip
nonviolent offenders with the skills they need to become productive
citizens.
Provisions in this lengthy bill would further
define violent and nonviolent crimes, streamline
sentencing to ensure there is room in state
prisons for the most violent offenders, and
reduce sentences for some nonviolent crimes. In
addition, the bill would establish options for
community-based treatment and programs such as
the drug courts that have worked in Greenville.
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MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart
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