Proposal Dropped to Reduce Time for Nonviolent Offenders
It would have required inmates to serve only as much as two-thirds of their prison terms before becoming eligible for release.
May 02, 2019 at 10:27 AM
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Florida lawmakers abandoned a proposal that would have allowed thousands of nonviolent offenders in the state to be released from behind bars sooner in their prison terms, a plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis and law enforcement groups had criticized.
The amendment to the Senate's public safety bill, SB 642, would have reduced the amount of time a nonviolent offender must serve from 85% to two-thirds of their full sentence. Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, had introduced the measure, which was dropped in the fleeting days of Florida's legislative session in a compromise with the House of Representatives.
“House would not accept,” Brandes said in a text message about the proposal.
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