"Old Law" Kansas Inmates Serve Longer Sentences
Associated Press - Mon 07:51 AM 06/18/2012
Sentencing guidelines law in effect created two classes of prison inmates
Hundreds of Kansas inmates sentenced before new guidelines took effect in 1993 are serving prison terms that would have been much shorter under today's law.
The news guidelines generally called for shorter sentences for property crimes and longer ones for crimes of violence.
The Kansas Legislature decided to apply the guidelines retroactively to more than 2,000 inmates who were serving time for relatively minor offenses. But more than 4,000 inmates convicted of more serious crimes were left to serve out their original sentences.
The sentencing guidelines law in effect created two classes of prison inmates. But the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in 1994 that it did not violate inmate's rights.
Today, about 400 of those "old law" inmates remain behind bars.
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old_biker
Monday 18 June 2012 11:46 Report this comment
And???
youmakenosense
Monday 18 June 2012 13:23 Report this comment
And, heck they have no idea what they want here, are we supposed to feel sorry for them, well dont because when they are released from prison they will be 90 times less likely to go back to prison than any of the new law convicts, as the new laqw convicts committ new crimes 70% of the time. Which would lead one to reason that maybe the old laws worked better, but of course god forbid, it costs money to lock people up
pops67401
Tuesday 19 June 2012 07:35 Report this comment
Good. Who cares if they have to serve more time. Do the crime do the time. They wont get any kleenex from me.