Dec 11th 2022 Townhall
https://youtu.be/k50J_KjG33A Townhall-Slide Show PresentationDownload
Category: Legislative Updates
Support For Ending Juvenile Life w/o Parole Sentencing
Michigan Justice Advocacy strongly supports Michigan lawmakers who take bold steps such as Representatives O’Neal, Meerman, LaGrand and Kahle. In numerous ways we codify special protection for juveniles into our state and national laws. These protections recognize that there are differences between young, immature ways…
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Request a Hearing for SB649
The legislative process can be lengthy, but we can help usher it along. Email Senator Victory today to request a hearing for SB649. You may write your own impassioned email or copy and paste the one we have written below. Respectfully let Senator Victory know…
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Michigan Justice Advocacy’s Statement on The Safer Michigan Act
Michigan Justice Advocacy (MJA) believes that the Safer Michigan Act is a promising piece of legislation to make positive progress toward addressing Michigan’s incarceration issues and therefore is adding its support to passage of the Act. Comprised of House Bills 4670-5, the Safer Michigan Act…
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Good Time Makes Good Legislation Introduced by Senator Irwin
Senator Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) along with Senators Polehanki, Wojno, Chang, Santana and Geiss on behalf of Michigan Justice Advocacy (MJA), have introduced SB649 to bring a Good Time credit system back to the Michigan Department of Corrections. As a state Michigan currently spends over…
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June 26th – Townhall Discussion on Draft Language
Thank you to all who were able join us for our Town Hall Discussion surrounding our proposed legislation. Below is both a link to the recording of the presentation and PDFs of the slide show presentation and proposed draft language.
Senator Irwin Update – 12/6/20
Senator Irwin Update We are excited to announce that last week (Thursday, Dec. 3rd) Senator Jeff Irwin released a package of four bills; SB1240, SB1241, SB1242 and SB1243. These four bills relate to Criminal Justice Reform including restoring Good Time Credits and would help bring…
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