In 2011, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services wrote a bill that would allow well-behaved prisoners the chance to shorten their time behind bars. Eleven years later, that same department is applying the resulting law in a way neither the state senator who sponsored the bill nor the then-director of Nebraska’s prisons intended
Nebraska prison officials drafted a 2011 law aimed at letting well-behaved prisoners get out sooner. Now the state says the law s wording doesn t allow what the authors intended.
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Senator Lou Ann Linehan of Omaha, the sponsor, introduced the resolution to the Redistricting Committee…
During the hearing, Spike Eickholt with ACLU Nebraska says they support the resolution and relayed a poll they had done on redistricting…
Mark McHargue, President of the Nebraska Farm Bureau, representing an ag and rural coalition says they oppose the resolution in its current form because it would further dilute rural districts..
The resolution passed onto the floor for debate. The process will require a special session later this year to approve the new maps. Tags:
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