Hattiesburg American: Mississippi's governor has vetoed a criminal justice bill because of a typographical error that he says could have unintended consequences.
House Bill 1033 would have allowed employed parolees to schedule online interviews with probation officers, so the parolees would not have to miss work to go to an interview in person. It also would have eliminated automatic prison time for failure to pay a fine, and would have allowed inmates to learn job skills.
In vetoing the bill, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said the mistake in the bill would have made habitual offenders eligible for parole after serving 25 percent of a sentence.
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