Port: ‘This is an attack,’ DOCR director says of attorney general’s sentencing campaign
Tension is brewing in North Dakota’s criminal justice system as the Attorney General’s office and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation clash over proposed sentencing reforms. During a recent committee hearing, DOCR Director Colby Braun accused Attorney General Drew Wrigley of launching an unwarranted attack on his agency. Disagreements surfaced over the accuracy of fiscal estimates and the implications of new amendments to Senate Bill 2128, with both sides defending their positions rigorously. As this debate unfolds, the stakes for public safety and policy clarity remain high.
Rob Port has the full story. Bill details can be found below.
SB 2128
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 12-44.1-01, 12-48.1-01, 12-48.1-02, 12-54.1-01, 12-54.1-03, 12.1-08-02, 12.1-17-01, 12.1-32-02.1, 12.1-32-09.1, and 39-10-71 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transparent sentencing of criminal offenders, work release eligibility and conditions for criminal offenders, sentences for assaulting and fleeing from law enforcement officers, and sentences for preventing arrest; to provide a legislative management report; and to provide a penalty.
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