Name: State Bar of Michigan
Address: 306 Townsend St, Lansing, MI, 48933, US
Telephone: +1-517-346-6300

Public Policy Bill Position Detail

Session :
2023-2024
Bill:
SB0377
Sponsor:
McBroom, Edward
Title:
The Code Of Criminal Procedure, Duties Of The Michigan Sentencing Commission

Criminal procedure: sentencing; duties of the Michigan sentencing commission; provide for. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 34b to ch. IX.

Positions

State Bar of Michigan

Support with the following amendments: • The membership of the Commission should be altered to ensure that it is balanced, and representative of the interests and stakeholders involved in, and impacted by, sentencing policy. Similar to the Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration. The membership is too heavily weighted toward law enforcement and prosecutors, while leaving out or underrepresenting other valuable perspectives. • The Chair of the Commission should not be the Commission’s “chief of staff” nor should the Chair be a paid position. • The Legislature should also give consideration to language charging the Commission with making recommendations as to the extent to which sentencing guidelines should or should not apply to habitual offenders and the extent to which sentencing guidelines should apply to probation violations or be modified if applied to probation violations. (Based on Board of Commissioners vote held on June 7-8, 2023).:

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