Senate Bill 1018, An Act Concerning Prosecutorial Accountability

  • Status: Active
  • Position: Support
  • Bill Number: SB 1018
  • Session: 2021
  • Latest Update: March 9, 2021
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony

Summary

Transparency and accountability from state’s attorneys is a necessary step for ending mass incarceration, and Senate Bill 1018 lays out the map to get Connecticut there.

We believe that everyone has a role to play in ending the pervasive system of mass incarceration. That is especially true of people operating within the criminal legal system, like state’s attorneys, whose decisions can either perpetuate mass incarceration or begin to work towards a different model of justice.

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