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Residents tell Denver council to back municipal resentencing reform and avoid 300-day penalties
Summary
Several speakers, including youth advocates, urged the council to support a municipal resentencing reform bill, arguing 300-day maximum sentences for low-level offenses would harm unhoused youth and immigrant communities and that state law limits shorter detention.
Multiple public commenters urged the Denver City Council to support a Municipal Resentencing Reform bill that would limit lengthy penalties for low-level offenses. "A maximum sentencing of 300 days for minor offenses would not allow healing in the community," Journey Ornelas said, arguing long jail terms would traumatize youth and worsen homelessness.
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