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Government

Sep. 8, 2016

Criminal law bills head to governor's desk

New crime bills cover everything from Prop. 47 petitions to mandatory minimum sentencing in prostitution cases.

By L.J. Williamson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In a frenzy of last-minute bill passing, the Legislature shipped another stack of criminal justice bills to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.

If signed by the governor, AB 2765 would eliminate the three-year limit to file Prop. 47 petitions seeking reductions of prior felony convictions to misdemeanors, while authorizing a court to deny a petition if it determines that resenten...

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