Committee Again Considers Whether To Shorten Sentences For Repeat Offenders

By Marielle Mohs, CBS Minnesota

July 29, 2022

A group of Gov. Tim Walz appointees are meeting Thursday to discuss the current sentencing guidelines in Minnesota. Part of that discussion is shortening the sentences for offenders who commit another crime while out on parole or probation.

The sentencing guidelines commission meeting, which is happening at 1:30 p.m., is not a vote for or against reduced sentences. Rather, it is a community meeting to continue the discussion over Minnesota's sentencing guidelines and how to make them better target problem behaviors.

In January, the sentencing change was a proposal that the commission was going to vote on, but was tabled after more than 3,000 Minnesotans submitted testimony, with 95% of them saying they were against reduced sentences for repeat offenders.

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