House panel OKs alternative sentencing bill

Law would allow rehabilitation for some instead of incarceration

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • Rep. Darrin Williams, D-Little Rock, right, presents a bill Tuesday during a meeting of the House Committee on Judiciary as circuit Judge Robin J. Carroll listens at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock. The bill would establish a statewide program to allow people indic...

LITTLE ROCK—A proposal to give judges in Arkansas the flexibility to send some criminal defendants to court-directed rehabilitation programs as an alternative to prison or probation cleared a House panel on Tuesday.

Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved...

Published: 03/13/2013