How A Last-Minute Edit Doomed Parole Option For Some Missouri Drug Offenders
St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio
May 24, 202113m 39s
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Show Notes
“Heartbroken” is the word Missouri state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch used to sum up what she’s feeling in the wake of the 2021 legislative session. On Tuesday, the Republican from Hallsville learned that legislation she’d hoped would soon open doors for certain nonviolent drug offenders serving decades-long, no-parole terms didn’t make it into the final version of Senate Bill 26.