From Davis Vanguard:
BERKELEY, CA – A new series of reports from the California Policy Lab and the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code provides the most comprehensive evidence to date on how California’s “second look” resentencing reforms have reshaped the state’s criminal legal system.
The findings show that people released under these policies have low rates of reoffending, especially those who had served long prison terms before release.
Since 2012, nearly 12,000 people have been resentenced under these reforms, and approximately 9,500 of them were released from state prison. These policies span a wide range of legal changes, affecting people serving sentences for both lower-level nonviolent offenses and serious felony convictions with lengthy terms. Continue reading >>>
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