The American Legislative Exchange Council was a driving force behind
moves to impose tougher sentences and inflate the U.S. prison
population. But on Monday, the conservative, corporate-backed group adopted model legislation that would reform draconian mandatory minimum prison sentences, according to Families Against Mandatory Minimums, which sponsored the legislation.
The ALEC Board of Directors passed a version of the Justice Safety Valve
Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in both houses of Congress to give
judges discretion to reduce statutory minimum sentences that impose
onerous sentences for a range of drug and other crimes, FAMM Florida
Project Director Greg Newburn told ThinkProgress. ALEC Legislative
Director Cara Sullivan did not return an email inquiry from
ThinkProgress. She did, however, tell the Daily Caller
in an email response that the bill would help “ensure lengthy sentences
and prison spaces are reserved for dangerous offenders, allowing states
to focus their scarce public safety resources on offenders that are a
real threat to the community.”
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