Sweeping criminal justice overhaul under fire — and revision
Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, is working on revisions to the criminal justice overhaul he helped write. This photo is from January 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
Legislators are considering changes to a seven-month-old law that overhauled the criminal justice system. The commission that helped shape the law has recommended 14 changes to it.
The law allowed some low-risk offenders to avoid jail time. And it made other changes in sentencing, bail and probation that are aimed at
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