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... may send criminal offenders instead of sentencing them to jail. The programs balance punishment and treatment for felony offenders without compromising public safety, and they have the potential to reduce reoffending. © The Ohio State University sentencing felony offenders recidivism ATI...

..., the current law distinguishes between prior violent and prior nonviolent felony offenders. In the words of one reformer, this change eliminates the one-size-fits-all approach to drug sentencing and allows the punishment to truly fit the crime. 7 The new law also offers nonviolent offenders serving A-I...

... repealed most of their drug-related mandatory minimum laws. Other states have limited the reach of their mandatory sentencing laws or increased the thresholds for felony offenses so that lower-level offenders would not take up scarce prison space. Prison reform leaders in Texas spared taxpayers the expense...

... with record closure available for a similarly broad class of offenses, but restrict eligibility to rst felony offenders. Six states (medium gray), including Georgia, Minnesota, and New Mexico, authorize deferred adjudication for many felonies and misdemeanors, but make no provision for sealing the record...

... on their vehicles to further distinguish them from the rest of society.2 Failure to comply with any of these requirements is a crime, often a felony.3 On top of that, nearly half of the states have some form of residence and/or employment restrictions that follow those declared sex offenders for as long...

... con nement, appears quite restricted. Acknowledging that any comparison of federal and state felony offenders is precarious at best, 60 80% of state felony offenders are sentenced in the community (not sentenced to prison), whereas only about 14% of US citizens convicted in federal courts of a felony...

... of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, New York legislators continued to constrict judicial discretion by toughening other sentencing laws. In 1978, longer sentences were enacted for violent felony offenders and persistent violent felony offenders Another measure increased the likelihood that young people convicted...

... of felony offenders. Many of Virginia s criminal justice policies have evolved since that time, most signi cantly with the abolition of parole, and the sentencing guidelines have been adapted along with changes in policy. Today, Virginia s guidelines remain a valuable and useful tool for circuit court...

... developments in state probation reform that underlie the new California legislation, and then turn to a full discussion of SB 678 and its companion legislation. I. Adult Probation Services in California More than three quarters of convicted California felony offenders are placed on probation, not sentenced...

... and corrections decisionmaking processes. In 1985, he led the effort to create the state s rst automated information system on felony offenders, which became one of the earliest and most comprehensive of its kind in the nation. Ultimately, Rick s vision and leadership resulted in a signi cantly greater focus...

..., at 22. 10 See, e.g., Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, Sentencing Practices Annual Summary Statistics for Felony Offenders Sentenced in 2003, at 29 (Dec. 2004); North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission, Structured Sentencing Statistical Report for Felonies and Misdemeanors...

...Richard P. Kern; Meredith Farrar-Owens © The Ohio State University Sentencing Guidelines with Integrated Offender Risk Assessment In September 1994, then-governor George Allen called for a special session of Virginia s legislature to consider a proposal for revamping the felony criminal...

...: Judges and lawyers should have tools to know what the data shows regarding sentencing for each offense statewide. According to Chief Justice O Connor, the sentencing database will include at least these data points : What sentence did courts impose on each felony offender? What was the record...

... if alternative sentencing strategies might be an effective, cost-ef cient way to punish nonviolent felons. As a result, legislation was passed charging the VCSC with the following: Develop an offender risk assessment instrument for use in felony cases, based on a study of Virginia felons, which will predict...

... to recidivism is Parke v. Raley (506 U.S. 20 [1993 In upholding Kentucky s persistent felony offender statute, Justice Sandra Day O Connor wrote, States have a valid interest in deterring and segregating habitual criminals. We have said before that a charge under a recidivism statute does not state a separate...

... report that almost one in four of all FY97 immigration offenders (23.4%) receive a downward departure based upon the judgeÕs determination that the case involves circumstances not in the heartland of the guideline. Further, among unlawful re-entry offenders with aggravated felonies, the downward...

... used in your state to help determine the most appropriate sentences for felony offenders? If so, please describe the top three instruments. Q6 Do you have effective, nonincarceration corrections programs in your state for nonviolent or other suitable felony offenders? If so, please briefly describe...

... low-level felony offenders whose lengths of stay averaged less than one year, but whose intake and transportation costs totaled around $21 million per month.26 Ohio has since made several reforms designed to target prison overcrowding, including increased funding to community correction diversions...

... felons to state prison. As a result, the principal responsibility for supervising and incarcerating felony offenders has been lodged with the state, and speci cally with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Under Realignment, however, the locus of 208 FEDERAL SENTENCING...

... expanded county authority over incarceration and supervision of inmates in several key matters. The rst major change under the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 was to shift responsibilities for oversight of a large segment of the felony offender population from the state to the counties. The law...