JOINT HEARING
Senate Judiciary Committee
and
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Monday, May 22, 2017
9:30 a.m.
NOB, Hearing Room #1
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
9:30 a.m.
Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf, Chairman (opening remarks)
Senator Daylin Leach, Minority Chairman (opening remarks)
9:40 a.m.
The Honorable Jeffrey Manning, President Judge, Allegheny County
The Honorable John Foradora, President Judge, Jefferson County
9:55 a.m.
The Honorable John Wetzel Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
10:10 a.m.
The Honorable Charles Ramsey Chairman, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
10:25 a.m.
Professor Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University
10:40 a.m.
Professor Mark Kleiman, New York University
10:55 a.m.
Mark Bergstrom, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
11:10 a.m.
Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association – Combined Testimony
The Honorable Edward Marsico, Dauphin County
The Honorable Craig Steadman, Lancaster County
The Honorable Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser, Somerset County
11:25 a.m.
K. Bret Bucklen, Ph.D., Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
11:40 a.m.
Kevin Ring, President Families Against Mandatory Minimums
11:55 a.m.
Detective Cameron Parker, Fraternal Order of Police, Pennsylvania State Lodge
12:10 p.m.
Devin Reaves, Addiction Treatment Professional
12:25 p.m.
Jennifer Storm, Victim Advocate
12:40 p.m.
Elizabeth Randol, ACLU of Pennsylvania
Written Testimony only:
Commonwealth Foundation
The Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness
The Pennsylvania Prison Society