Post by Logan on Mar 16, 2017 4:08:27 GMT -6
Bipartisan criminal-justice reform bills working through Arizona Legislature
A package of bills that would ease the financial toll of low-level crimes on the poor has been working its way through the Arizona Legislature but remains in limbo as a key deadline approaches for lawmakers..
One bill would take a first step toward bail reform.
Another would make it easier for those with driving violations to get to work or school.
A third would give judges more latitude to reduce fees for indigent defendants.
The bills, part of a bipartisan effort, are regarded as the state’s most concerted attempt to date toward criminal-justice reform.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2017/03/14/package-bills-ease-court-fees-held-up-arizona-legislature/99148860/
A package of bills that would ease the financial toll of low-level crimes on the poor has been working its way through the Arizona Legislature but remains in limbo as a key deadline approaches for lawmakers..
One bill would take a first step toward bail reform.
Another would make it easier for those with driving violations to get to work or school.
A third would give judges more latitude to reduce fees for indigent defendants.
The bills, part of a bipartisan effort, are regarded as the state’s most concerted attempt to date toward criminal-justice reform.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2017/03/14/package-bills-ease-court-fees-held-up-arizona-legislature/99148860/