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The fate of Proposition 47 will be decided by California’s nearly 27 million eligible voters in November. Nearly a million people signed a petition to amend Proposition 47 by imposing tougher sentences for shoplifting and drug possession.

Proposition 47 reduced most drug-possession crimes to misdemeanors, and raised the threshold for thefts to be charged as felonies, to $950 in property or more. The measure allowed people to get out of prison early if they were incarcerated under the old laws, and it reduced the number of people sent to prison.

With public sentiment in the state shifting toward stiffer punishment, California finds itself debating whether to roll back decade-old changes that sharply reduced the state’s inmate count and made it a leader in reducing mass incarceration. (Tim Arango)


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/us/california-crime-punishment-jail.html

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The fate of Proposition 47 will be decided by California’s nearly 27 million eligible voters in November. Nearly a million people signed a petition to amend Proposition 47 by imposing tougher sentences for shoplifting and drug possession.<br /> <br /> Proposition 47 reduced most drug-possession crimes to misdemeanors, and raised the threshold for thefts to be charged as felonies, to $950 in property or more. The measure allowed people to get out of prison early if they were incarcerated under the old laws, and it reduced the number of people sent to prison.<br /> <br /> With public sentiment in the state shifting toward stiffer punishment, California finds itself debating whether to roll back decade-old changes that sharply reduced the state’s inmate count and made it a leader in reducing mass incarceration. (Tim Arango)<br /> <br /> <br /> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/us/california-crime-punishment-jail.html
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