Government,
Criminal
Jan. 23, 2019
Voters are free to rein in Prop 57
If voters wish to narrow the sentence reductions of Proposition 57 in a way that does not conflict with its actual text, they are free to do so. A
Mitchell Keiter
Keiter Appellate Law
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Email: Mitchell.Keiter@gmail.com
UCLA Law School
Mitchell is a certified appellate specialist. He taught many outstanding students while a professor at Western State University College of Law.
The Daily Journal reports the governor's office has sued proponents of a ballot measure seeking to revise Proposition 57, contending the proponents obtained enough signatures to place a statute on the ballot, but that Prop. 57 was a "constitutional amendment placed on the ballot by popular initiative." ("Governor sues to stop initiative to redo Proposition 57," Dec. 24.) The objection is wrong as to law -- and equity. The real change of Prop. 57 was implemented not th...
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