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Time limits on Prop 36

Posted by Seth Chazin | Dec 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Time limits on Prop 36 resentencing If you or someone you know was previously sentenced under the Three Strikes law, he or she may be eligible for resentencing under Proposition 36, which was recently approved by California voters on November 6, 2012.This proposition allows individuals whose T...

Prop 36 “Three Strikes” law

Posted by Seth Chazin | Dec 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

Proposition 36, A.K.A. the “Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 Initiative” passed on November 6, 2012. This new law limits the ability of California courts to impose a life sentence for individuals convicted of certain nonviolent felonies despite having two or more prior serious or violent felonies...

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“The death penalty is a lie, a misguided mistake born of anger and frustration. Capital punishment has become a perverse monument to inequality, to how some lives matter and others do not. It is a violent example of how we protect and value the rich and abandon and devalue the poor. The death penalty is a grim, disturbing shadow formed by the legacy of racial apartheid and bias against the poor that condemns the disfavored among us, but corrupts us all. It’s the perverse symbol elected officials use to strengthen their ‘tough on crime’ reputations and distract us from confronting the causes of violence. It is finally the enemy of grace, redemption and all of us who recognize that each person is more than their worse act.”
- Bryan Stevenson

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