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| Sentencing Reform Needed in SC |
| By postandcourier.com |
| Published: 04/14/2010 |
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People without children might not care so much about public education (although they should). And people who have solid jobs might not be so distressed about unemployment (although they should be, too). But everyone in South Carolina is vulnerable to crime -- from a stolen bicycle to a drive-by shooting. And everyone should encourage the state House of Representatives to vote in favor of a Senate bill that would reform criminal sentencing. The comprehensive, bipartisan bill aims to preserve public safety and reduce crime -- two worthy goals. To do that, it would provide consistency in sentencing classifications and assign punishments proportional for the offenses committed. It would keep violent criminals behind bars, by toughening penalties for some of the most serious crimes. But it would manage some not-so-bad lawbreakers, who don't need to fill beds in the state's dangerously overcrowded prisons, with community supervision. The bill, scheduled for discussion in a House judicial subcommittee today, presumes that a drug user, for example, might become a productive citizen with appropriate counseling and oversight in the community. It recognizes that prisons aren't ideal places for rehabilitation, as the high recidivism rate for inmates attests. Read More. |
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