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Pros And Cons Of Prop 47

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Proposition 47: Is releasing petty criminals under the new Amnesty law a good decision or a potential disaster. Proposition 47 is a new law in California that has recently been introduced. This law proposes that several crimes such as, drug possession be re-classified as misdemeanors rather than felonies. This program has released thousands of prisoners out on the streets. There are two primary arguments over this law. First, California's prisons are over-crowded and under-funded and re-classifying these crimes as misdemeanors allows the state to reduce the prison population and the cost to the state of California. This also benefits prisoners in that they are not being asked to continue serving time for truly minor criminal offences. The other side of this argument is that California is unprepared for the release of several thousand petty criminals who have to an extent become institutionalized and who will require extensive social services support in order to effectively re-integrate into society. …show more content…

John and Gerber claims that Proposition 47 is beneficial in that it essentially negates the "Three Strikes" laws, as many of the people in California's prison system that were sentences under that law were convicted crimes that California now considers misdemeanors. Another critical benefit cited by St. John and Gerber is that it greatly reduces overcrowding in California's prison system, which is known nationally for being extremely overcrowded. Finally, St. John and Gerber look at this as potentially reducing the caseload on the justice system by 40,000 people per year, as they will no longer be charged with felony crimes. (LATimes.Com "Prop

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