Committee passes criminal justice reform bill over Louisville representative's protests
Committee passes criminal justice reform bill over Louisville representative's protests Joe Sonka, Louisville Courier Journal FRANKFORT — A criminal justice reform bill to raise the threshold of felony theft from $500 to $1,000 in Kentucky passed a House committee by a wide margin Wednesday. While advocates for House 126 argue it will align Kentucky's theft statutes with other states and reduce the prison inmate population, two Republican committee members criticized the legislation and criminal justice reform measures, in general, as misguided efforts that will endanger t...
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