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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

A California ballot measure that purports to help drug offenders is being opposed by virtually every law enforcement organization in the state. Proposition 5, The Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008 (NORA) allows drug users arrested for "non-violent" felonies including domestic violence, child abuse, commercial burglary, identity theft, vehicular manslaughter, grand theft, and drug dealing, to be diverted to a community treatment program rather than face prosecution and punishment. The measure effectively eliminates drug courts and allows defendants to commit up to four of these felonies before actually being held accountable by the criminal justice system. In a column in today's Sacramento Bee, actor Martin Sheen explains why he is opposed to NORA...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on September 05, 2008 (boomark / email).