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| Nebraska lawmakers will look at new prison sentencing issue |
| By siouxcityjournal.com- Grant Schulte |
| Published: 10/01/2014 |
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LINCOLN, Neb. | A legislative committee will investigate Nebraska's newest prison sentencing problems, which took place while officials were rounding up inmates who were released too early. Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, the committee's chairman, said Tuesday that members will look into the issue during an Oct. 10 hearing. The committee is already reviewing problems in the Department of Correctional Services, including the premature release of hundreds of inmates. The Omaha World-Herald reported Sunday that the department also failed to follow a 2008 Nebraska Supreme Court ruling while rounding up those prisoners. The newspaper reported that the inmates released early were convicted of a combined 33 felonies and 102 misdemeanors for crimes committed while on release. Read More. |
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