Government,
Criminal
Jul. 24, 2017
The lies behind Props 47 and 57
Politics will never exist without spin doctors. Yet, as cynical as our political system has become, recent ballot measures sold to the public as “public safety” measures have gone beyond the pale.
Michele A. Hanisee
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
Email: mhanisee@da.lacounty.gov
President of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys.
Politics will never exist without spin doctors. Yet, as cynical as our political system has become, recent ballot measures sold to the public as “public safety” measures have gone beyond the pale. Nearly every soft-on-crime law enacted in the last half decade included the words “safe” or “safety” in the description. No two better examples exist than Propositions 47 and 57.
Prop. 47 advocates called it the “Safe Neighborhoods and Sch...
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