January 31, 2019
Republican Rep. Jason White (left) seeks to divert mentally ill people away from criminal court, would stop suspending driver's licenses in some cases and allow people to wipe more crimes from their record. Senate Bill 2927, sponsored by Pascagoula Republican Brice Wiggins (right), would tackle a much more ambitious set of reforms. Photo courtesy MS House of Representatives/Imani Khayyam
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House Seeks Baby Criminal Justice Steps; Senate Seeks Leap
Lawmakers in Mississippi's House are proposing modest steps to ease penalties on some people accused or convicted of crimes, but some senators seek much broader changes.
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