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VA Repressive Sentencing Law Results in Uprisings

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1994 by Dan Pens published in Prison Legal News December, 1994, page 13
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Crime, Sentencing. Location: Virginia.
The feature attraction in this summer's media/political crime-hype circus in Virginia was the coverage of "Proposal X," Republican Gov. George Allen's repressive new sentencing bill. The bill, signed into law by Allen on October 17th, 1994, calls for tougher sentencing, the abolition of parole, and the construction of 22 - ...

 

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