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Advocates of criminal-justice reform warn the passage of Proposition 36 will mean a sharp reduction in funds to anti-crime initiatives. The measure raises the penalties for certain drug and theft crimes, making more of them felonies that carry jail time. Will Matthews, a spokesperson for Californians for Safety and Justice, a...
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Los grupos que luchan por la reforma de la justicia penal están instando a los votantes de California a apoyar la Proposición 6 y rechazar la 36. La Proposición 36 aumentaría la pena de cárcel para ciertos delitos contra la propiedad y las drogas, revirtiendo partes de la Proposición...
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Groups that fight for criminal justice reform are urging California voters to support Proposition Six and reject Proposition 36. Prop. 36 would increase jail time for certain property and drug crimes, reversing parts of Prop. 47. George Galvis, founder of the Oakland nonprofit CURYJ, which stands for Communities United for Restorative Youth...
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Despite the fact that the chances of success are practically zero, the Democratic majority in the Senate decided to revive the bipartisan immigration reform bill that was blocked by Republicans this year. Let us remember that the plan, negotiated by a handful of Democrats and Republicans, would have allowed...
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Unions, environmental groups and other progressive organizations are leading the charge to reform California’s referendum process, which allows voters to repeal laws passed by the legislature. Assembly Bill 421 came about after the oil industry gathered signatures to repeal a law blocking new drilling in neighborhoods. Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, who...
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During his second State of the Union Address, the highest rostrum in the Republic, President Joe Biden spent just over a minute on the issue of immigration reform. Speaking to the nation, the president called on both parties to make migration a bipartisan issue again. But in the end,...
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Redeploy Illinois is a community-based alternative to incarceration, which keeps kids in their home communities. For decades, most youthful offenders in Illinois were sent to juvenile detention. But 17 years ago, state officials decided there is a better way to help kids headed down the wrong path. The program, considered a...
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After making significant gains in recent years across California and the country, a movement to reimagine the role of prosecutors within the criminal justice system hit a snag Tuesday night with losses in key races around the state. The biggest setback came in a nationally-watched recall in San Francisco,...
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Hilbert Morales EL OSERVADOR The ideas presented here are those which favor the appropriate and fair taxation of all residents including business entities which the U.S. Supreme Court recently decreed were “individuals who speak with their money.” An admonition is to apply the biblical statement saying, ‘Much more is...