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"Significant State Sentencing and Corrections Legislation in 2009"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of an on-line report available here from the National Conference of State Legislatures, which includes a terrific (and seemingly comprehensive) state-by-state review of new sentencing and corrections legisltion.  Here is part of the textual prelude to the chart with each state's new legislation: Amid the most difficult economic situation since the Great Depression, state legislatures addressed sentencing and corrections policies that better manage correctional populations and budgets.  In 2009, states fine-tuned sentencing laws, expanded community-based diversion programs, and created policies and programs aimed at reducing recidivism. California, Delaware, Maryland, Montana, Oregon and Washington increased the monetary thresholds for theft-related crimes, to better align low-level offenses with less severe penalties...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 31, 2010 (boomark / email).