May 5, 2011
Groups press Brown for sentencing reforms
A team of advocacy groups is pushing Gov. Jerry Brown to include sentencing reforms in the revised state budget proposal he will unveil this month.
The three organizations - the American Civil Liberties Union of California, the Drug Policy Alliance and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights - contend that reducing charges for simple drug possession and nonviolent property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors would yield many millions of dollars in cost savings to the deficit-plagued state.
Behind their argument for downgrading the drug possession penalties are poll numbers that suggest voters agree...
LINK - CaliforniaWatch.org
