Government,
Criminal
Nov. 8, 2016
Sentencing reform initiative will discard progress
Proposition 57 will actually demolish a generation's worth of sentencing reforms that explain why California's violent crime rate is barely one-third of what it was a generation ago. By Mitchell Keiter
Mitchell Keiter
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UCLA Law School
Mitchell is a certified appellate specialist. He taught many outstanding students while a professor at Western State University College of Law.
Supporters promise The "Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act" (Proposition 57) will keep violent offenders locked up. It will actually demolish a generation's worth of sentencing reforms that explain why California's violent crime rate is barely one-third of what it was a generation ago. And it will undermine fundamental notions of democracy and justice. People will no longer be punished for what juries find they did, but, as in the Tom Cruise film "Minority Report," for what "experts" pre...
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