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Supporters push shorter wait, fewer gatekeepers for Connecticut sentence‑mod law
Summary
Formerly incarcerated advocates, reentry organizers and national groups urged lawmakers to let more people seek sentence review sooner — and to remove prosecutorial gatekeeping and mandatory‑minimum exclusions from Connecticut’s sentence‑mod statute.
Hartford, Conn. — Dozens of advocates, formerly incarcerated people and national groups on March 17 urged the Judiciary Committee to endorse Senate Bill 13‑27, a proposed change to Connecticut’s sentence‑modification system that would shorten the wait to reapply after a denial and broaden eligibility for review.
The bill would allow people who have been denied a resentencing application to reapply after two years instead of five; it would remove a prosecutor’s ability to block some post‑plea petitions; and it would make people serving mandatory minimum sentences eligible for judicial resentencing — changes backers said would correct longstanding inequities.
“We must establish a system that effectively provides…
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