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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 27 > Timeout likely for tougher sentencing mandate

Timeout likely for tougher sentencing mandate

State House votes to keep M57 in place until February, then suspend it until 2012

By Nick Budnick / The Bulletin
June 27, 2009

SALEM — The state House of Representatives on Friday agreed to phase in Measure 57, the drug and property crime sentencing measure approved by voters in November.

The vote of 40-19, coming after lawmakers and prosecutors reached an uneasy truce, signals that passage by the full Senate....

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