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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.
Although Tonja’s perpetrator was arrested for his despicable crimes, he now faces the possibility of early release in 2026 – because of Prop 57’s classification of rape of an incapacitated ...
Brown's administration later clarified that since Luster would have to register as a sex offender, he would not be eligible for parole even if Proposition 57 passed. [ 19 ] Two of the victims won civil lawsuits against Luster, who was ordered to pay a total of $40 million.
[3] [7] 2016 California Proposition 57 law was passed in 2016 and it allows a judge to decide if the accused can be prosecuted as an adult. [7] However, in 2019 the legislature passed, and the state Supreme Court in 2021 upheld SB 1391 which prohibits 14 and 15 year olds from being prosecuted as adults. [1]
Lawmakers want more Proposition 57 transparency and to make it harder for those convicted of violent crimes to get out of prison earlier.
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.
(The Center Square) - California was ranked the nation’s fifth-worst “judicial hellhole” this year, improving from its third-place ranking last year by the American Tort Reform Foundation, a ...