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Tennessee life sentence: Senate approves bill to allow parole at 25 years

Nashville Tennessean A major criminal justice reform initiative pushed for years by advocates has finally passed a significant milestone in Tennessee. It’s a measure that would offer a life-altering second chance for inmates serving life in prison to prove they have been rehabilitated. Currently, a 1995 state law prohibits life-sentence inmates from having a parole eligibility hearing until after they have served 51 years. Despite first-degree murder in the state having three possible sentences death, life in prison without parole and life in prison with the possibility of parole the 51-year waiting period for a release hearing is effectively a full life sentence, bipartisan advocates argue.

Bike Week, prison PR, somber anniversaries: News from around our 50 states

Bike Week, prison PR, somber anniversaries: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would let the governor pick the state’s top public health official. The Senate Health Committee voted 8-3 on Wednesday to advance the bill by Sen. Jim McClendon to the Senate floor. McClendon, an optometrist, said the change would make the position more accountable to elected leaders. But two other doctors on the committee argued it is wrong to interject politics into public health decisions. The state health officer, a position currently held by Dr. Scott Harris, is selected by the state public health committee, which consists of members appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. The bill does away with the position of state health officer and creates the Cabinet post of secretary of health, who would be appointed by the governor. The secretary would

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