Initially, Proposition 57 seemed to be a feasible solution to California’s prison overcrowding. It promised that nonviolent offenders would be offered parole if they had already served their primary sentences and did not pose any threat to society. However, this changed when Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner ruled that thousands of sexual offenders would be eligible for parole under Proposition 57’s “nonviolent crime” clause.
On March 5, the state of California announced that it will appeal Judge Summer’s ruling by arguing that those convicted of sexual violence should be denied the possibility of parole, despite Governor’s Brown promise to exempt all sexual crimes from Proposition 57. The current definition of violent crimes is problematic for Proposition 57 because it neglects several atrocious sexual crimes such as rape of an unconscious victim and pimping a minor, as well as allows potential sex criminals and predators to roam free into society. Full Editorial
Written by a 4-year Political Science major. And it absolutely shows it in the context of this article.
Prop 57 isn’t a get out of jail free card. Everyone gets out eventually, barring a life time sentence. If the person has taken correct actions to rehab themselves, they should not be denied the credits to regain their freedom earlier. You either believe our justice system is an actual form of rehab, or you’re advocated for life time sentences. You can’t straddle both sides of it that someone is only a danger up to the point of their original incarceration limit. Someone that actively participates in rehab and gets out 2 years earlier is going to be a far better person than someone who grows bitter, spiteful, and avoids all rehab because there’s no point to it and leaves the system according to the original date set.
Haha. Janice would eat him alive in court. So would Mark Leno on the senate floor come to think of it.
He wants a violent crime to be anything that causes physical or psychological harm. Isn’t that virtually every crime?
Public safety should be the main concern when releasing a person from prison. People who commit violent and sexual crimes generally do not pose a high risk of violence again. Facts, man, not perception are needed. The public needs to learn the difference or democracy is doomed. You can’t simply release all the drug users and solve mass incarceration.
I wish I had the time and was retired, Does anyone have the time and the grit to submit a rebuttal to this piece? It appears there is no comment section at the end of the article.
what this is about is the GREEDY CDCR Keeping ppl in prison LONGER so the GREEDY CDCR can rake in the CASH for more incarcerations, THATS IT Plain and simple… Im not on parole myself anymore (I scammed the CDCR and got over on them so so many times lol) But Ive heard now ppl that are being let out the CDCR is CHANGING what a judge ORDERED and giving them 10 and 20 years on parole…) Again its them in a attempt to RAPE the citizens via taxes in CA !!