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FILE – The Kentucky Capitol is seen, April 7, 2021, in Frankfort, Ky. Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday, March 28, 2024, on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
FILE – The Kentucky Capitol is seen, April 7, 2021, in Frankfort, Ky. Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday, March 28, 2024, on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
FILE – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday, March 28, 2024, on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. The House voted 75-23 after another long debate to send the measure to Beshear. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand before final passage warned the measure would carry a hefty price tag with no assurances that a tougher approach will lower crime.
The House voted 75-23 after another long debate to send the measure to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The massive legislation is a priority for many in the GOP supermajority legislature.
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