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Analítico de Periódico
MERRITT, Nancy
Oregon's get tough sentencing reform : a lesson in justice system adaptation
Criminology & Public Policy, New York, V.5,n.1(Feb. 2006), p.5-36
REFORMA PENAL
Oregon's Measure 11, a mandatory minimum sentencing policy passed in 1994, had fewer negative system impacts than had been anticipated by many state and local criminal justice administrators, due largely to the fact that prosecutors exercised the discretion provided them under the law to selectively prosecute cases. Consequently, fewer Measure 11- eligible cases were sentenced under the relevant statues than before passage of the measure, and more were sentenced to lesser related offenses. At the same time, incarceration rates and sentence lengths increased for both Measure 11 and lesser related offenses. Trial rates increased for two years after Measure 11 took effect before reverting to previous levels.