A bill unanimously passed by the Georgia Senate could allow tens of thousands of Georgians to have their probation sentences cut short for good behavior.
Lawmakers tried to make it easier to complete a probation sentence in 2017, as part of criminal justice reforms backed by former Gov. Nathan Deal, but Georgia still has a higher per-capita rate of citizens on probation and parole than any other state.
The bill was sponsored by Sen. Brian Strickland, a Republican from McDonough, as a result of the work of a bipartisan task force on racial inequity set up by Sen. Bruce Thompson, also a Republican.
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