“Breaking and entering is a crime, and criminals should be dealt with the same if they’re trying to steal things from inside a home or if they’re trying to steal the home outright,” Prestin said. “If a property owner finds criminals illegally occupying their home, they deserve access to law enforcement with the authorization to swiftly return that property to its rightful owner.”

“This sickening plan is nothing more than an attempt to resentence and release rapists, killers, and pedophiles,” said Prestin, R-Cedar River. “I don’t care how much rehabilitation a violent criminal pretends they’ve done over ten years. They’re in prison for a reason. Criminals do not deserve to be coddled as though they’re the victims. Somewhere is a son without a father and a woman who still deals with irreversible trauma from crimes committed decades ago. The responsibility of the justice system is to deliver justice for victims and their families, not to cater to people trying to downplay their violent crimes as mistakes deserving wholesale reconsideration.”