The Need For Extreme Criminal Justice Reform In California
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ORIENTATION
FACTORS:
I. Basic Introduction and description - Introduce basic sides of Criminal
Law and Elaborate
II. General History and Development
- Discuss the history and modifications of Reform Laws in California
III. Main Problems and Concern Stimulants
- Point out real life statistics a ....
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for their "get tough" policies such as the "Three Strikes" law but for their
enactment of a little known section of the Penal Code entitled the "Community
Based Punishment Act of 1994." (Senator Quentin Kopp, Time Magazine Feb 14,
1996) C. By passage of this act, the State of California has acknowledged the
limitations of incarceration as both punishment and a deterrent to criminal
behavior. D. The legislature has in fact declared that "California's criminal
justice system is seriously out ....
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