GOP lawmakers move to eliminate earned release program

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Republican legislators are moving ahead with plans to end a program that allows non-violent offenders to earn an early release from prison by completing rehabilitation programs. A hearing on a bill to repeal the program takes place today. Gil Halsted reports.

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