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House bill would help pregnant inmates, increase time to file charges in sexual abuse cases (copy)


A Senate bill to ban solitary confinement for pregnant prison and jail inmates, and expand access to services to inmates in the first six weeks after delivery was approved by a House committee on judicial issues Wednesday.
Senate Bill 84, which bans solitary confinement, restricted housing and segregation of pregnant inmates, was one of a number of consequential bills the House Judiciary Committee approved Wednesday.
The committee also approved a bill to require the Parole Board to notify victims of class D felony sexual offenses that the perpetrator is eligible for parole, a bill to allow juvenile victims of sex offense more time to file charges, and a bill that would give judges discretion when deciding whether a juvenile criminal case should be transferred to adult court. ....

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Story Links Westerfield Texts to Dayton Jones Commutation Request


State Senator Whitney Westerfield said texts he sent that have been linked to a request for clemency in the case of convicted sex offender Dayton Jones was done “at the request of constituents” that he serves.
A Tuesday story in the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper said the Hopkinsville Republican lawmaker asked attorneys for former Governor Matt Bevin to commute Jones’ sentence. The newspaper said Westerfield also tried to conceal his involvement in the request after the commutation was granted.
In a text to two of Bevin’s attorneys that was obtained by the newspaper under an open records request, Westerfield said the crime involved “very poor judgment by a relative kid” and was being over-prosecuted by then-Attorney General Andy Beshear, who had beaten Westerfield by 2,200 votes in the 2015 election for attorney general. The same text said, “if there’s any chance Dayton Jones can get a look for a sentence commutation, he should.” ....

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