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Criminal

Nov. 8, 2016

Initiatives will improve criminal justice system

A number of ballot propositions could significantly improve the state's criminal justice system — the focus of the U.S. Supreme Court's wrath, which ordered a prison population reduction in 2011. By Susan Gluss

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By Susan Gluss

A number of California's ballot propositions could significantly improve the state's criminal justice system, if passed by voters on Election Day.

Five of the propositions focus on the "law and order" canon, which include: ammunition sales, the legalization of marijuana, capital punishment, and sentencing and parole.

Proposition 62 is one of the more controversial measures. It would repeal the death penalty and replace i...

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