HB 240 (Judicial Discretion in Sentencing Amendments)

Libertas Institute supports this bill.

Utah law contains a number of mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes. This bill would allow judges discretion to reduce a person's sentence by up to 50% from what is mandated by law as a minimum.

Libertas Institute supports this bill. The justice system should not have mandatory minimums that lead to situations in which the punishment does not fit the crime. Judges should have discretion to customize a convict's sentence.