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More on the fate of drug sentencing reform initiatives in the states

By Douglas A. Berman

This new piece from the Drug War Chronicle, headlined "Sentencing Reform Initiative Defeated in California, 'Tough on Crime' Initiatives Win in Oregon," provides sobering take on the outcome of some of the state drug sentencing reform initiatives. Here is how it starts: Tough on crime can still trump smart on crime, if Tuesday's elections results on sentencing initiatives in two of the nation's most progressive states are any indication. In Oregon, voters approved two competing initiatives that will increase sentences and prison populations, while in California, a multi-million dollar campaign to dramatically reform sentencing went down in the face of opposition from prison guards and politicians, and another initiative that will see longer sentences and more prisoners was approved by voters.continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 07, 2008 (boomark / email).