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Sentencing Scheme Comparsion

Subject
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Published
11/22/2017

This memo compares Colorado’s felony sentencing laws with those of Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington.  It provides an overview of determinate versus indeterminate sentencing schemes and incarceration rates.