Prosecutors Should Add Sentencing Review Units to Their Offices
The Appeal | Published on 4/9/2021
“Two-thirds of likely voters support legislation that allows for the re-examination of old sentences, and crime survivors overwhelmingly want to see rehabilitation prioritized over punishment.
By establishing sentencing review units (sometimes called resentencing units), prosecutors can actively review and recommend sentencing reductions and releases for those who were subject to the ‘tough-on-crime’ sentencing of yesterday. Such units are already in operation in Prince George’s County, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Baltimore, and Los Angeles.”
Such units could provide fundamental fairness to Illinois youth who don’t have access to the state’s new parole statute.