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Proposition 57 was an initiated California ballot proposition, approved on the November 8, 2016 ballot. The Proposition allows parole consideration for nonviolent felons, changes policies on juvenile prosecution, [ 2 ] and authorizes sentence credits for rehabilitation, good behavior, and education.
Early prison release under Prop 57 was intended to mitigate prison overcrowding, but it fails miserably in its classification of rape of an incapacitated person as a non-violent felony, resulting ...
Lawmakers want more Proposition 57 transparency and to make it harder for those convicted of violent crimes to get out of prison earlier.
Proposition 57, Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements One of many responses to prison overcrowding, this approved ballot proposition allowed the parole board to release people convicted of "non-violent" crimes once they served the full sentence for their primary offense. It also required CDCR to develop uniform ...
Andres Cachu was arrested on suspicion of felony evasion, weapons possession and drug possession Tuesday.
The filing fee for submitting a proposition to the ballot has been raised by a factor of 10, from $200 to $2,000, following the signing of a law in September 2015. Originally lawmakers wanted to raise the fee to $8,000 but compromised on $2,000. The fee is refunded if the proposition makes it to the ballot.
Proposition 57 included on policy for judge's approval on juvenile offenders being tried as an adult, changing the eligibility requirements for an adult with violent convictions allowing them to be granted parole, and advising the prison system to be more lenient on the "good behavior" rules for those incarcerated to be released early. [61]
The attorney general’s office under Harris released a summary of the law, called Proposition 47, which predicted that prison and jail populations would decrease while funding for truancy ...