New York’s top judge calls sentencing practices ‘stupid,’ urges reform

New York’s top judge calls sentencing practices ‘stupid,’ urges reform

New York’s top judge last week bashed the state’s sentencing laws, claiming “everything we are doing here is stupid,” while continuing his public plea for lawmakers to pass sentencing reforms.

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Chief judge backs pair of criminal justice reform bills

Chief judge backs pair of criminal justice reform bills

New York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.

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