California Online Voter Guide

November 2012 General Election
22nd edition

Proposition 36 - Three strikes law. Repeat felony offenders. Penalties. Passed

Initiative Statute

• Official Summary

• What a Yes or No Vote Means

• Official Voter Guide page
• Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
• Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
• Media Coverage

• Follow the Money/Top Donors

Official Summary:

• Revises law to impose life sentence only when new felony conviction is serious or violent. May authorize re-sentencing if third strike conviction was not serious or violent.

Fiscal Impact:

• Ongoing state correctional savings of around $70 million annually, with even greater savings (up to $90 million) over the next couple of decades. These savings could vary significantly depending on future state actions.

What a Yes or No Vote Means

A YES vote on this measure means: Some criminal offenders with two prior serious or violent felony convictions who commit certain nonserious, non-violent felonies would be sentenced to shorter terms in state prison. In addition, some offenders with two prior serious or violent felony convictions who are currently serving life sentences for many nonserious, non-violent felony convictions could be resentenced to shorter prison terms.

A NO vote on this measure means: Offenders with two prior serious or violent felony convictions who commit any new felony could continue to receive life sentences. In addition, offenders with two prior serious or violent felony convictions who are currently serving life sentences for nonserious, non-violent felonies would continue to serve the remainder of their life sentences.

Official Voter Guide page

This page features the Legislative Analyst's analysis, pro-con arguments and the full proposition text.

Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information

• Yes on Proposition 36

  Pedro Rosado
  Committee for Three Strikes Reform
  (415) 617-9360
  pedro@FixThreeStrikes.org
  www.FixThreeStrikes.org

• No on Proposition 36

  Mike Reynolds
  Save Three Strikes
  P.O. Box 4163
  Fresno, CA 93744
  www.SaveThreeStrikes.com

Who Signed the Ballot Arguments

• Yes on Proposition 36

  Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Los Angeles County
  George Gascon, District Attorney, San Francisco City and County
  David Mills, Professor, Stanford Law School
  Jeffrey F. Rosen, District Attorney, Santa Clara County
  Charlie Beck, Chief of Police of Los Angeles

• No on Proposition 36

  Sheriff Keith Royal, President, California State Sheriff’s Association
  District Attorney Carl Adams, President, California District Attorneys Association
  Harriet Salerno, President, Crime Victims United of California
  Chief Rick Braziel, President, California Peace Officers Association
  Henry T. Nicholas, III, Ph.D., Author, California's Victims Bill of Rights
  Christine Ward, Executive Director, Crime Victims Action Alliance

Media Coverage

News articles and editorials are available from Maplight. excerpts from and links to news coverage of the propositions on the ballot.

Follow the Money

A list of top donors for and against this measure is avaialble from Maplight. A list of all donations of $10,000 or more is available from the Fair Political Practices Commission. Comprehensive disclosure data is avaialbe from the Secretary of State.

 

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