Criminal
Jul. 26, 2001
Unchained Felony
Last November, California voters, by a landslide margin, enacted a historic change in the state's handling of nonviolent drug offenders - from an approach heavily weighted toward imprisonment and long-term stigmatization to one emphasizing drug treatment.
Aram B. James
Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project
335 Park St
Redwood City , CA 94061
Fax: (650) 424-9191
Aram is a former Santa Clara Count assistant public defender, police watchdog, social activist, and civil rights attorney. He is a member of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability and a co-founder of the Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project, a grassroots legal advocacy organization located in San Jose.
Last November, California voters, by a landslide margin, enacted a historic change in the state's handling of nonviolent drug offenders - from an approach heavily weighted toward imprisonment and long-term stigmatization to one emphasizing drug treatment.
This dramatic change will reduce the number of wasted lives and wasted tax dollars resulting from the widespread incarceration of (overwhelmingly poor, African-American and Latino) "offenders" without victims. At the same time,...
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