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Deal promises 'historic reforms'
Bulloch sheriff agrees with law revamping punishment for non-violent crime
Nathan Deal official 110th Congress photo
Ga. Gov. Nathan Deal signed historic reforms into law through House Bill 1176, which will revolutionize how Georgia punishes nonviolent crimes by seeking alternative treatments where possible and preserving expensive prison beds for offenders who pose a danger to society, he said in a statement.
Bulloch County Sheriff Lynn Anderson said he fully supports a law signed last week that will revamp how the state’s criminal justice system punishes nonviolent criminals. With prisons and jails overcrowded throughout the state, Gov. Nathan Deal signed “historic reforms” into law through House Bill 1176, which will “revolutionize how Georgia punishes nonviolent crimes by seeking alternative treatments where possible and preserving expensive prison beds for offenders who pose a danger to society,” he said in a statement.
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