On November 5, California voters approved Proposition 36, which reforms the 2014 Proposition 47, the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” so named by then-state attorney general Kamala Harris, which looked the other way at theft of property valued at less…
WASHINGTON — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is the sort of progressive prosecutor who thinks it is his job to curb mass incarceration. Last week, the L.A. D.A. announced he is reviewing the sentencing of Lyle and Erik…