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PDF Eight Keys to Mercy: How to shorten excessive prison sentences

Organization/Publisher:Prison Policy Initiative
Author:Jorge Renaud

This report encourages states to use as many of the following eight strategies as possible to shorten excessive sentences:

  1. Presumptive parole
  2. Second-look sentencing
  3. Granting of good time
  4. Universal parole eligibility after 15 years
  5. Retroactive sentencing reforms
  6. Elimination of parole revocations for technical violations
  7. Compassionate release
  8. Commutation
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