Kentucky

From UK Law:

Robert G. Lawson, Charles S. Cassis Professor of Law in the University of Kentucky College of Law, has an article in the most recent edition of the Kentucky Law Journal. The article, titled " PFO Law Reform, A Crucial First Step Toward Sentencing Sanity in Kentucky," examines the prison system in Kentucky and need for reform.

The full text of the article can be viewed HERE (PDF).

The purpose of Lawson?s article is to engage in analysis and discussion of the state?s persistent felony offender (PFO) law, reform that would decrease the population that has Kentucky prisons and jails grossly overcrowded. The analysis and discussion offers brief consideration of the justifications used to support repeat offender laws , a segment on the history and evolution of Kentucky?s law, an examination of a selection of repeat offender laws from other states, a report on two field studies of the use of the PFO law in two Kentucky courts, and a concluding argument in support of a return to sentencing sanity that once prevailed in our laws and in our justice system.