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Another notable criminal justice ballot proposition to watch in San Francisco

By Douglas A. Berman

This New York Times article, headlined "San Francisco?s Prostitutes Support a Proposition," provides a thoughtful review of another ballot initiative dealing with an interesting set of criminal justice issues.  Here are excerpts: When Proposition K was added to Tuesday?s ballot, many people likely snickered at the possibility that San Francisco might take its place alongside such prostitute-friendly havens as Amsterdam and a few rural counties in nearby Nevada. But this week, it became readily apparent that city officials are not laughing anymore about the measure, which would effectively decriminalize the world?s oldest profession in San Francisco. At a news conference on Wednesday, Mayor Gavin Newsom and other opponents seemed genuinely worried that Proposition K might pass...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 02, 2008 (boomark / email).