LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Governor Beebe, looking back, comments on the "sentencing overhaul" by the legislature.
Gov. Mike Beebe says the part of last session's sentencing overhaul intended to reduce prison overcrowding is working.
Speaking to the Arkansas Sheriff's Association, Beebe said it will take more time to learn whether new sentences for lesser, nonviolent offenses will keep people convicted from reoffending.
Pulaski County Sheriff Doc Holladay says he expects it will become clear in the next two or three years whether diversionary sentencing is working. Holladay says the backlog of state prisoners in his jail is half what it was before the sentencing changes and says large backlogs are being prevented.
Beebe says the sentencing law is subject to change and that violent criminals should be locked up, as should people who won't stop committing lesser offenses.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 2:01 PM EDT2013-06-18 18:01:27 GMT
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police and Ouachita Parish Deputies continue to investigate multiple shootings, a murder and a weekend stabbing in the parish.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police and Ouachita Parish Deputies continue to investigate multiple shootings, a murder and a weekend stabbing in the parish.
Wednesday, April 3 2013 3:18 PM EDT2013-04-03 19:18:47 GMT
UPDATE: KNOE 8 News has learned an account to assist the family of Wednesday morning's double fatal fire has been established Ouachita Independent Bank.
UPDATE: KNOE 8 News has learned an account to assist the family of Wednesday morning's double fatal fire has been established Ouachita Independent Bank.
State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered...
State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day...
The Jefferson Economic development Commission says it has revamped its policies after questions emerged in 2012 about its executive director's residency, expense filings and use of email for political purposes.
The Jefferson Economic development Commission says it has revamped its policies after questions emerged in 2012 about its executive director's residency, expense filings and use of email for political purposes.
