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Bipartisan drug sentencing reform in Ohio thwarted by opposition from prosecutors (and former prosecutors)
As well reported in this local article, headlined Ohio lawmakers pass one criminal justice measure, but a second, broader bill appears to be dead, a long-running effort to reform drug sentencing in Ohio failed to get completely to the finish line in the state General Assembly.  Here are the details:
The Ohio Senate passed a bill Thursday evening that urges more drug treatment and makes it easier for people to have their criminal records sealed.
But a broader criminal justice reform measure that reclassifies many smaller-level drug possession felonies to misdemeanors and requires addicts get treatment looks like it will die in these final days of the 133rd Ohio General Assembly.. ....

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