Redemption by Danny Dufour5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Plain and simple, people - especially young people still struggling to find who they are and want to be - can change. The American Friends Service Committee Michigan Criminal Justice Project is promoting review for people who have served long sentences, especially those who committed crimes as young people (before their brains finished developing) and our elders who have had years to grow. Create mechanisms for review and relief for people who have been in prison for decades.This could happen through Good Time legislation, or Michigan United’s ballot initiative gathering hundreds of thousands of signatures from Michiganders eager for change. Michigan is just one of six states not to allow people to earn reductions in their prison sentence. Not only does Good Time encourage people in prison to make responsible choices, it also makes prisons safer for people working and living there alike. Incentive rehabilitation by allowing people in prison to earn Good Time credits, a means of reducing their prison sentences.But when the government says, “no chance for parole,” it is saying, “no hope for redemption.” Danny is an example people can change, and he is now active in the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth’s efforts to repeal Michigan’s juvenile life without parole sentences. Yes, young people can make terrible decisions and cause tremendous harm. ![]()
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