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| Sentence should match the crime |
| By theleafchronicle.com |
| Published: 01/19/2010 |
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Tennessee House Democratic leader Gary Odom plans to introduce a bill that would mandate something that many law-abiding citizens have requested for years: Keep violent prison inmates locked up for their full sentences. Under the state's current sentencing guidelines, convicted felons may serve anywhere from 20 percent to 100 percent of their time behind bars. According to the state's statistics, the average incarceration length for Class B felonies is about eight months in prison with another eight years of probation. Class B felonies include such violent crimes as aggravated robbery, manslaughter and kidnapping. At a time when the state is facing a budget shortfall, how would Odom's plan to pay for the longer incarceration? His proposal would offer an alternative to nonviolent offenders — those convicted of crimes such as petty theft and forgery — so that they would not do time in the state's prisons. Instead, they would be placed under strict probation and work release. Read More. |
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