Phoenix New Times: Representative Blackman Proposes Sentencing Reform Bill for Nonviolent Offenders
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“This just really builds upon that bill by expanding it to the entire nonviolent population,” said Lauren Krisai, senior policy analyst for Justice Action Network, a bipartisan criminal justice reform coalition that frequently works in states like Arizona.
The same year that Farnsworth’s bill moved through the Legislature and eventually passed, Blackman proposed House Bill 2270, which would have dramatically reduced the amount of time certain populations would have been required to serve out their sentence. Under it, nonviolent offenders could earn one day for every day served, and those convicted of a dangerous offense could earn one day for every three days served.