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“Hands them a sack and says, ‘Give me your money.’ Under the scenario today, he gets the maximum, 20 years. Twenty years, and he’s never committed a violent crime. Under this bill the judge can look at this and say, ‘Wait a minute, 20 years makes no sense.’ “The judges need to have that discretion.”
-Rep. Bobby Cleveland, R-Norman, speaking about a young man who was convicted of robbing a convenience store without using a weapon. The Legislature recently passed a bill that allows judges to depart from Oklahoma’s mandatory minimum sentences when it is in the interest of justice and public safety (Source).
