Proposition 36: California’s Shift Toward Stricter Sentencing and the Future of Criminal Justice Reform
California has always been one of the first states in the country to attempt reform within the criminal justice system. It has evolved through major shifts in public opinion and legislation. Due to the ever-growing prison population and the need to maintain public safety, voters have recently begun looking for propositions that can substantially reform […]
Is There Still a Death Penalty in California?
The death penalty has remained a heated, emotional battleground in California politics for decades. Lawmakers have repeatedly tried to scrap the practice, only to watch voters reaffirm it at the ballot box. Although state law still keeps the ultimate sentence on the books, actually putting it into action has turned into a tangled mess. The […]