Letter to Michigan House Judiciary Committee Opposing Mandatory Extreme Sentences Bills for Young Adults
Proposed bills will allow prosecutors to circumvent the Michigan Supreme Court decisions finding mandatory life without parole sentences for people under 21 unconstitutional.
Related to: Sentencing Reform, Incarceration, Youth Justice, Racial Justice
In a letter to the Michigan House Committee on Judiciary, The Sentencing Project urged lawmakers to oppose three resentencing bills, HB 4506, HB 4507, and HB 4508, that seek to undermine the Michigan Supreme Court’s recent decisions finding mandatory life without parole sentences for young people under 21 unconstitutional. The Sentencing Project urges this legislature to oppose HB 4506, HB 4507, and HB 4508 and instead support HB 4211, which focuses on providing re-entry services for individuals found eligible for resentencing and eventual release under the Court’s decisions.
