Thursday, April 10, 2008
SC HOUSE PANEL OKS ALTERNATIVE COURT, ABOLISHING PAROLE
The Associated Press has reported SC House panel OKs creating alternative court, abolishing parole:
The Associated Press has reported SC House panel OKs creating alternative court, abolishing parole:
A bill that creates an alternative court system for nonviolent offenders and requires prisoners to serve most of their sentence has been approved by a House panel.
Attorney General Henry McMaster says a combination of counseling, treatment and education under the alternative court system is a better way to rehabilitate people and will save the state money.
The bill he pushed would also require prisoners to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences. Parole possibilities for violent crimes were already taken away with a 1995 law.
McMaster says truth-in-sentencing restores accountability in the judicial process.
