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SC: New Law Changes Criminal Sentencing

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

New law changes criminal sentencing By Yvonne Wenger The Post and Courier Thursday, June 3, 2010 COLUMBIA -- South Carolina has a new way of dealing with criminals that judges, victims' advocates, crime and justice experts and Republicans and Democrats all have signed off on. The comprehensive new law is intended to save money while diverting nonviolent offenders from prison to community-based programs so space is available in prison for violent criminals. Gov. Mark Sanford signed it into law Wednesday. The new law was one year in the making. It is intended to: --Make sure there is space for high-risk, violent offenders in prison while saving the state an estimated $350 million, the cost of building a new prison. --Help inmates transition from prison life back to society and increase supervision of former inmates in the community...continue to full post

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