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The now-quite-common dollars and sentencing debate taking place in Arizona

By Douglas A. Berman

A down economy and tight state budgets has prompted nearly all states to confront the critical and valuable issue of how public safety can be maintained or improved at less cost.  This local article from Arizona, which is headlined "House panel reviews cost of sentencing," reports on the terms of the debate that is now quite familiar to serious students of state criminal justice systems: Arizona's state budget problems are prompting lawmakers to take a new look at how the state does business. On Tuesday, a House committee started work on a re-examination of crime and punishment in Arizona. The issue: Are there changes in state sentencing laws that would save money? How can the state protect citizens while still cinching its budget belt? "The goal is to correct some of the problems in the criminal-justice system," said Rep...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).