New Poll Shows U.S. Voters Favor "Second Look" Policies to Reduce Excessive Prison Terms [witnessla.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 3/9/204:00 AM

By Celeste Fremon, Witness LA, March 1, 2020

Do Americans want their policymakers to take a second look at some of the outsized sentences that U.S. courts—state and federal—began handing down nearly 40 years ago?

In the same vein, do Americans believe prosecutors should reexamine these ultra-long sentences and the individuals who are serving them, to see if early release from lock-up for at least some of those people would be safe and available?

The progressive think tank, Data for Progress, decided to find out.

[Please click here to read more.]

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