Archives - MI Press Releases
2/24/03
Historic Michigan 'smart on crime' sentencing reforms save state taxpayer's $41 million in 2003
12/27/02
Mandatory minimum drug sentences toppled in Michigan; Engler signs bill that ends a quarter-century of failed sentencing policy
12/12/02
Michigan legislature repeals Draconian mandatory minimum sentences
12/9/02
Bipartisan coalition calls for sentencing changes; 'smart on crime' reform bills supported by prosecutors, policy experts, judges, clergy, drug treatment, civil rights and children's advocates
12/3/02
Michigan House of Representatives pass sentencing reform bills; Senate Judiciary to consider 'smart on crime' legislation Dec 4