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Florida Senate adopts sentencing reform for first-time drug offenders

By Washington Examiner
Published February 27, 2020 2:00pm ET
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Florida Senate adopts sentencing reform for first-time drug offenders
The Florida Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly endorsed a measure granting more discretion to judges in handing down sentences in drug-related convictions. Senate Bill 346, sponsored by Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, is among criminal justice reform bills hotly contested by tough-on-crime expounders and the Florida Sheriffs Association’s Truth In Sentencing campaign. But the measure sailed […]

The Florida Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly endorsed a measure granting more discretion to judges in handing down sentences in drug-related convictions.

Senate Bill 346, sponsored by Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, is among criminal justice reform bills hotly contested by tough-on-crime expounders and the Florida Sheriffs Association’s Truth In Sentencing campaign.

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