Joint Public Hearing
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice
and Judiciary
Monday, March 19, 2018
9:30 a.m. in Hearing Room 1, North Office Building
Joint Public Hearing to Discuss Criminal Justice Issues
Agenda:
9:30 a.m.
Introductory Remarks by Senator Greenleaf
9:35 a.m.
Secretary John E. Wetzel
Department of Corrections
Consolidation of the Department of Corrections and the Board of Probation and Parole; Prison Industry Enhancement; Justice Reinvestment Initiative
10:30 a.m.
Carl Reynolds
Council of State Governments Justice Center
Justice Reinvestment Initiative Phase 2; Cap on Prison Terms for County Probation Violations; Grant Program for Mental Health Diversion
11:30 a.m.
Marissa Bluestine
Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Post-Conviction Relief Act Amendments; DNA Testing for Exoneration; Compensation for Wrongful Conviction; Brady Violations
12:30 p.m.
Peter F. Vaira, Esq.
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Grand Jury Reform