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The interesting softer turn in Mississippi parole practices

By Douglas A. Berman

Proving yet again that the most interesting and dynamic sentencing stories emerge from states, this local article discussed a notable development in Mississippi:The Mississippi House voted Monday to ease the state?s truth in sentencing law. By a vote of 69-52, the House approved legislation that would exempt non-violent offenders from the law, which now requires all people convicted of a felony to serve at least 85 percent of their sentence before being eligible for parole. The legislation has passed the House in previous sessions, only to die later in the process. It now goes to the Senate. The bill would allow nonviolent offenders, such as those convicted of burglary and embezzlement, to be eligible for parole after serving 25 percent of the sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).