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Criminal

Sep. 7, 2013

LA lags on three strikes resentencing

In the 10 months since California voters softened the state's three strikes law, more than 1,000 inmates have been released or granted a lighter sentence.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In the 10 months since California voters softened the state's three strikes law, more than 1,000 inmates have been released or granted a lighter sentence. But in Los Angeles, which has the state's highest number of inmates eligible for resentencing, the process isn't going as quickly as some would hope.


"The rest of the state is moving through the Prop. 36 cases and doing these indiv...

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