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Jail sentence credit

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision to grant habeas relief to a prisoner who was receiving five days of risk reduction credit, deducted from his sentence, every month until the prison lowered the maximum monthly credit to just two days. Laws preventing retroactive sentencing do not apply to the administrative policy decisions of correctional facilities.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Civil Rights, Criminal

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