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ALLOWS INMATES TO GET OUT OF
JAIL WITHOUT A PAROLE BOARD
HEARING.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
TOGETHER AND REALLY TALK THEIR A
LOT OF THESE ISSUES.
DAVID: A SENATE STRAGETY SESSION
ON THE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT ACT,
A LANDMARK REFORM BILL
ADVOCATING DRUG TREATMENT OVER
JAIL.
BUT THE SENATE VERSION OF THE
LEGISLATION IS SO DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT PASSED IN THE HOUSE, THE
TWO SIDES HAVEN'T EVEN AGREED ON
WHEN TO MEET TO IRON THEM OUT.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DOWN
HERE WILL WANT TO LET OUT
VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
DAVID: THERE'S DISAGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE
OVER A BILL PROVISION THAT
ALLOWS FOR AUTOMATIC PAROLE.
THE SENATE WANTS JUDGES TO HAVE
MORE DISCRETION IN GRANTING
PAROLE AND SENTENCING PAROLE
VIOLATORS.
THE HOUSE VERSION LETS OFFENDERS
WHO HAVE SERVED 1/4 OF THEIR
SENTENCES OUT OF JAIL WITHOUT A
PAROLE HEARING.
THOSE WHO COMMIT TECHNICAL
PAROLE VIOLATIONS WOULD BE
SENTENCED TO 15 DAYS FOR A FIRST
OFFENSE, NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS
THIRD.
ACCORDING TO A PEW CHARITABLE
TRUST ANALYSIS, DOING SO WOULD
HELP SAVE MARYLAND TAX PAYERS
$240 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS.
>> MAY BE THE BIGGEST ONE.
DAVID: BUT SENATE NEGOTIATORS
ARE CONCERNED VIOLENT CRIMINALS
WOULD SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS
UNDER THE HOUSE PROPOSAL.
THEY DON'T PLAN TO RETREAT ON
THEIR POSITION.
>> OUR FIRST PRIORITY, ABOVE ALL
ELSE, IS TO PROTECT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THAT'S IT.
NOT TO SAVE DOLLARS AT THE
EXPENSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE HERE TO
DO.
THEY WILL TRY TO MEET WITH HER
TOMORROW.