Va. A.G. Miyares Urges General Assembly to Keep Limits on Enhanced Earned Sentence Credits, Citing Alarming Recidivism Data
February 28, 2024
February 28, 2024
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 28 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024:
Attorney General Jason Miyares today sent a letter to the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate regarding concerns over the 2020 enhanced earned sentence credit law and a proposal to allow violent offenders to receive sentence reductions. Attorney General Miyares encourages the adoption of the Governor's proposed budget item 390 R.2. to address . . .
Attorney General Jason Miyares today sent a letter to the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate regarding concerns over the 2020 enhanced earned sentence credit law and a proposal to allow violent offenders to receive sentence reductions. Attorney General Miyares encourages the adoption of the Governor's proposed budget item 390 R.2. to address . . .