says nearly one in eight bills introduced by state lawmakers either creates a new crime or expands sentences. But the leader in the Senate is pushing back on claims that lawmakers are to blame.
Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina) said criminal sentencing reform is .
But while he said he wants to relieve prison overcrowding, save money and help people get out of prison and live productively, Obhof said that doesn鈥檛 mean lawmakers will stop cracking down on dangerous criminals.
鈥淲e are distinguishing, to the extent possible, between people who are legitimately bad actors 鈥� who are predators, who are hurting our families, who are hurting our communities 鈥� from people who鈥檝e made a couple of bad choices, or maybe a lot of bad choices, but who aren鈥檛 doing inherently bad things and who aren鈥檛 trying to hurt other people," Obhof said.
A drug sentencing bill will be to demonstrate its importance, but the final version is still being drafted so there are no details on what it would do.
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