Trend to Lighten Harsh Sentences Catches On in ...

California Voters Pass Proposition 47 Sentencing Reform. ... and the changes have coincided with the violent crime rate’s dipping to its lowest level in 30 years. “In Texas for the last few years we’ve been driving down both the crime rate and the incarceration rate,” said Marc Levin, the director of the Center for Effective Justice at ... ................
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