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California Propositions and the Law

By Steven Rodriguez

After going to the polls to make major decisions about California’s laws, here is an update of how this election will affect the legal world of the state. Proposition 5, which would have allocated $460 million a year to treat perpetrators of nonviolent drug-related crimes, was defeated. Backers said society would see more benefit from treatment than incarceration, while opponents contended the measure would decriminalize drugs and let dangerous criminals avoid jail. Meanwhile, an effort to boost police funding by up to $965 million a year under Proposition 6 also lost. Backers argued that law enforcement receives too little state money, but foes said the measure would have stripped funding from more important priorities such as schools...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).