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Rundown on California Propositions 57 and 64
Loaded on Jan. 10, 2017
by Kent A. Russell
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2017, page 12
Filed under:
War on Drugs,
Legal Materials,
Sentencing,
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines,
Three Strikes.
Location:
California.
by Kent A. Russell, Esq.
In the November 2016 elections, California voters enacted Propositions 57 and 64, two new laws that will potentially benefit thousands of prisoners and scores of prior marijuana offenders.
Prop 57 makes most non-violent prisoners eligible for much earlier parole consideration than was …
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