Modernize the county parole system. Repeal the Three Strikes law. Create a review process for people serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole. Second, establishing that juvenile adjudications cannot be counted as strikes. And finally, disallow the doubling of sentences for prior strikes when the new offense is not serious or violent.
That figure represents about one third of the total prison population and 80 percent of those sentenced under the Three Strikes Law are people of color. The county disparity is interesting. Yolo County for example is sixth in the state in terms of most people sentenced either as a second or third strike. Meanwhile, among the 15 largest counties, San Francisco is the least disproportionate along with Contra Costa and Sacramento is the second most disproportionate for three strikes sentences for Blacks trailing only Kern County.
An analysis of more than 2, life without parole cases — almost half of the life without parole population — shows that 6 of the 21 special circumstances have not been used at all and 2 have only been used once. The full text is available here. In California , the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election.
Petitions are allowed to circulate for days from the date the attorney general prepares the petition language. Signatures need to be certified at least days before the general election. As the verification process can take multiple months, the secretary of state provides suggested deadlines for ballot initiatives. The requirements to get initiated state statutes certified for the ballot:.
Signatures are first filed with local election officials, who determine the total number of signatures submitted. If the total number is equal to at least percent of the required signatures, then local election officials perform a random check of signatures submitted in their counties. If the random sample estimates that more than percent of the required number of signatures are valid, the initiative is eligible for the ballot.
If the random sample estimates that between 95 and percent of the required number of signatures are valid, a full check of signatures is done to determine the total number of valid signatures. If less than 95 percent are estimated to be valid, the initiative does not make the ballot.
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