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"Senate Committee Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009"

By Douglas A. Berman

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I have been speculating to various folks that the changed headcount in the Senate after this week's election in Massachusetts might be a good development for those eager for criminal justice reform.  My theory for this speculation is that perhaps health care will no longer continue to suck all the energy out of other legislative activities.  I raise this theory now because, as the post's title highlights, a significant criminal justice reform bill has just today passed a hurdle in the Senate.  Specifically, this post's title is the headline of a press release I just received from The Sentencing Project, and here are the details: The bi-partisan National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 (S. 714) was passed out of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary today by voice vote...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 21, 2010 (boomark / email).

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