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New criminal code seeks fitting punishments for crimes (AUDIO)

March 22, 2013 By Bob Priddy

The effort to rewrite Missouri’s criminal law system involves trying to make punishments fit the crimes, an effort that could lead to a new system of punishment that is as simple as ABC. And D. And E.

There are four kinds of felonies now. The least serious is a class D, with a sentence of one to four years in prison; Class C is one to seven years; Class B is five to fifteen and Class A is ten to thirty, or life.

The co-chairman of the Missouri Bar’s committee that has helped draft a rewrite of Missouri’s criminal laws, Jason Lamb, thinks a new class needs to be added. He points to the present system that classifies forgery in the same felony category as an involuntary manslaughter. “Same punishment for a dead body as for a forgery,” he observes. The new category would end that problem.

He says the new category would give prosecutors and defense lawyers more negotiating space and would give juries more alternatives.

A senate committee is getting briefings on the thousand-page rewrite. But time is not in favor of passage this year.

AUDIO: first hearing 27:41

 

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