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Lawmakers Introduce Measures in CA Capitol to Repeal Prop. 47 Attempt to Reduce Recidivism

Posted by S Priana Aquino
|Date: March 11, 2022
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Lawmakers Introduce Measures in CA Capitol to Repeal Prop. 47 Attempt to Reduce Recidivism

By S. Priana Aquino SACRAMENTO, CA — In an almost strategic move, multiple Republican Assembly members ha ...

By S. Priana Aquino SACRAMENTO, CA — In an almost strategic move, multiple Republican Assembly members have introduced bills to overturn Prop. 47 a week before the next committee hearing on public saf ...

March 11, 2022
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former ...

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and California businessman B. Wayne Hughes JR, founder and chairman ...

November 04, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces ...

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces over-incarceration for largely petty and non-violent offenses, there are concerns, particularl ...

October 29, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the ca ...

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the case of Prop. 47 – a well-intentioned proposal that would end felony incarceration for a host of ...

October 27, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce to misdemeanors offenses for drug possession, petty theft, r ...

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce to misdemeanors offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen property or writing bad checks, when the amount involved is less than $950. It ...

October 20, 2014
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Applicants React to Rubric, Discuss Projects at Council Meeting

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SED Students Propose Peripheral Development Standards for the City of Davis

‘Criminal Conduct’ by 22 Former NY Cops Leads to 316 Convictions Overturned – 188 Vacated Previously

Vanguard Incarcerated Press: My Account

San Francisco Public Defenders Spearhead ‘Sit-ins’ Protesting SF Court Backlog, Denial of Speedy Trial Rights of More Than 1,100 People

Clemency Petition Denied in Oklahoma for Man Claiming Self-Defense; New Defense Team Calls Original Trial ‘Drive-by Defense’

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Black Voters in Alabama’s Congressional Map

Commentary: Still No Urgency on Housing – But the Clock Is Ticking

Attorney General Sends Letter Demanding Answers from Temecula School Board

Lawmakers Introduce Measures in CA Capitol to Repeal Prop. 47 Attempt to Reduce Recidivism

Lawmakers Introduce Measures in CA Capitol to Repeal Prop. 47 Attempt to Reduce Recidivism

Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

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