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Families and lawmakers rally at State Capitol for three sentencing reform bills

Over 500 New Yorkers joined families and lawmakers at the State Capitol demanding passage of three sentencing reform bills including the Second Look Act.

The New York State Capitol building in Albany, viewed from the southwest — the venue where families and lawmakers rallied on the Capitol's Million Dollar Staircase for three sentencing reform bills.

Families and lawmakers rally at State Capitol for three sentencing reform bills

Over 500 New Yorkers joined families and lawmakers at the State Capitol demanding passage of three sentencing reform bills including the Second Look Act.

Families and lawmakers rally at State Capitol for three sentencing reform bills
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Families who have lost loved ones in New York’s prisons joined a dozen state lawmakers, formerly incarcerated people and more than 500 other New Yorkers at the State Capitol in Albany on Monday, February 9, to demand passage of three sentencing reform bills, according to a media advisory from the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Communities Not Cages campaign.

Organizers said the noon rally on the Capitol’s Million Dollar Staircase pressed legislators to advance the Second Look Act, the Earned Time Act and the Marvin Mayfield Act , a package…

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