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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 ...
Lenore Anderson is the president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, [1] an organization whose stated mission is to "win new safety priorities in states across the country [by] partner[ing] with leaders and advocates to advance state reform through networking, coalition building, research, education and advocacy."
Opponents of SB 1391 argue that it unconstitutionally amended Proposition 57 by repealing prosecutors' authority to seek the transfer of 14 and 15-year-old offenders to adult court. Proponents of SB 1391 argue that the law does not conflict with Proposition 57 and that keeping 14 and 15-year-old offenders out of adult court is good public policy.
Andres Cachu was arrested on suspicion of felony evasion, weapons possession and drug possession Tuesday.
[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]
A building at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Law on Jan. 30, 2020. Credit - Jane Tyska—Digital First Media/East Bay Times/Getty Images. T he University of California at Berkeley has long been known ...
The Uniform Determinate Sentencing Act of 1976 was a bill signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown to changes sentencing requirements in the California Penal Code.The act converted most sentences from an "indeterminate" sentence length at the discretion of the parole board to a "determinate" sentence length specified by the state legislature.