House votes to eliminate state sentencing commission

Friday, April 15, 2011

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers in the Missouri House voted Thursday to repeal a law that created the Sentencing Advisory Commission, a panel that issues to judges recommendations about sentences for felonies.

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