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: The Sentencing Project

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By The Sentencing Project

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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has earmarked $1.4 billion in the proposed 2009 budget for the sheriffs' departments and the Department of Correction – the bulk of it going toward incarceration, according a Boston Globe op-ed by David W. White Jr., president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. The Commonwealth is dealing with overcrowded jails and prisons and White notes that a federal lawsuit has forced a county sheriff to select inmates for early release. White offers a wish list for legislators to consider before they recess which includes resisting calls for new mandatory minimum sentences that tie the hands of prosecutors, judges, and corrections officials. Posted Date:4/28/2008 7:55:57 PM

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).

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