Sentencing Reform Allows For Hate Crime Consideration

DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Mayor Michael Hancock signed into law on Thursday an ordinance passed by the city council earlier this week which restructures sentencing in the city.
The ordinance also puts hate crimes into the sentence consideration. It also addresses the consequences that put immigrants with a legal status, those on student and work visas, at risk for deportation for low-level crimes.Denver Mayor Michael Hancock signs sentencing reform into law (credit: CBS)
“Over the past f