"What Just Happened?": a view from the State House (and other musings)

Better justice

May 1, 2010

Tags: corrections, criminal justice

Last Friday, we spent several hours debating (and ultimately passing) S.292, a bill that makes some excellent changes to the current "corrections" system. It's a good bill; it makes many processes more fair and saves money. But some people on both sides of the aisle vehemently opposed it. Most of the opposition seemed to center on a fear of "those people." (more…)