Boucher: New Legislation Puts Public Safety At Risk

Sen.Toni Boucher (R-26) said today Connecticut is undergoing an "unprecedented change in its judicial policy" and challenged new legislation that she said threatens public safety.

 In a press release, Boucher singled out HB 6650, An Act Implementing the Provisions of the Budget Concerning the Judicial Branch, Child Protection, Criminal Justice, Weigh Stations and Certain State Agency Consolidations, which was passed on May 31.

Boucher points to Section 21 of the bill, which states that a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years or less would qualify for a community release plan developed by a probation officer of the Court Support Services Division, after serving 90 days of the sentence.

In the release, Boucher said rapists, sexual predators, child pornographers and pedophiles, and other “violent, vicious criminals” will qualify for an early release program.

“Promoting this bill and other bills that would decriminalize marijuana and give accelerated rehabilitation for many serious crimes places the public at risk and reduces their sense of security and damages their quality of life,” Boucher said.

The full text of the release can be read here.