Northham Signs Probation Reform Bill

Rapper and activist Meek Mill was on hand as Governor Ralph Northam ceremoniously signed Virginia’s probation reform bill on Thursday. The measure that takes effect July 1 limits probation terms to a maximum of one year for misdemeanors and five for felonies. The bill also limits how much prison time a court can order for a probation violation. Mill pushed for the probation reforms with a group called the Reform Alliance.