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| PD Richard Hughes speaks out |
| By clevelandbanner.com - David Davis |
| Published: 06/04/2013 |
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TENNESSEE - (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series taken from a conversation with 10th Judicial District Public Defender Richard Hughes. Sunday’s installment dealt with alternative funding. This part deals with alternative sentencing.) There are people who commit crimes who deserve incarceration and require constant supervision separate from the community, but others would benefit from some form of alternative sentencing. One of the repeated criticisms 10th Judicial District Public Defender Richard Hughes hears is there is so much plea-bargaining in the criminal justice system that too many criminals receive probation without paying restitution. Another criticism is the warehousing of inmates who sit around doing nothing other than waiting to get of jail and then often return to their old lifestyles and commit the same crimes. Read More. |
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