Alabama Attorney General slams new law - NBC 15 WPMI
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (WPMI) — The man accused of shooting Sgt. Nick Risner to death in Muscle Shoals last week previously served three years of a 10 year sentence for manslaughter for killing his father. Under a new law, he may have only served two. The new law allows prisoners to be released up to a year early.
"We've had that law existing. This would apply to retroactively, which means it would be disproportionately applicable to those who are in jail for violent offenses," said Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
That's because Marshall says, 81% of prisoners are currently considered violent. The law also requires if they get out a year early that they be electronically monitored.
“One thing that is still not clear is whether or not Alabama has the ability, a sufficient number of probation officers to be able to supervise this population," said Marshall.
Marshall says criminals are already given goodtime credit, which can wipe away almost three-fourths of a sentence.
"If we already know that we have the third most liberal policy with regard to goodtime credit, then the question becomes do we feel like there is the need to lop off an additional year," said Marshall.
In an op-ed published this week in Yellowhammer, Marshall blasted the law. He wrote, "There must be a reckoning for the real-life consequences of these decisions. It is time that the Alabama public speak up and speak out about this dangerous, and seemingly endless, trajectory of 'criminal justice reform.' Your state leaders are not listening."
"It's the broader discussion about where we are in public policy in this state, how our legislature acts, that we have to be mindful first and what it means to be able to keep our streets safe," said Marshall.
Marshall says he's already speaking with lawmakers and urging them to reconsider this legislation next session before it goes into effect in 2023.
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