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Nixing Prison Time for Certain Crimes Among Proposed Changes to Calif. Penal Code — The Sacramento Observer

(CBM) - California’s Committee on Revision of the Penal Code (CRPC) released its first annual report last week. The proposal included 10 recommendations that would significantly reform California’s criminal justice system – if they are adapted into law. Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), the chair of the Senate Committee on Public Safety, praised CRPC’s inaugural recommendations […]

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