Mercury News: Fiscal and prison overcrowding crises could lead to...
From almost the day California’s Three Strikes sentencing law was approved by voters in 1994, opponents have tried and failed to repeal or amend the politically popular measure. Now, huge budget...
View ArticleSan Francisco Chronicle: Two strikes have large impact on prison population —...
California is currently going through a Supreme Court mandated process to reduce its prison population, but experts ask whether they are looking at the most burdensome sentencing schemes, and the most...
View ArticleLA Times: Californians would rather ease penalties than pay more for prisons
LA Times poll showing Californians in favor of reforming 3 Strikes Law According to a LA Times poll, Californians are calling for the reduction of prison inmates and also reduced sentences for...
View ArticleNew America Media: San Francisco District Attorney Debate
Last week, a debate was held between the four candidates vying for the recently vacated position of San Francisco District Attorney. George Gason, David Onek, Vu Trinh and Sharmin Bock spoke on a...
View ArticleThe Stanford Daily: Three Strikes Project fights life sentences for...
At ACJP, we often see families coming in who have loved ones doing life sentences for non-serious offenses due to the Three Strikes law. Until the law is changed, there are few legal advocates who are...
View ArticleSan Jose Mercury News: Stanford Law Professors Submit Proposed Initiative to...
The Stanford Law School’s Three Strikes Project has been successful in overturning life sentences where the third strike was imposed on non-violent felonies. This has resulted in changed lives — from...
View ArticleSan Jose Mercury News: California Prop. 36: Families of some three-strikers...
On Tuesday, November 6th, California voters approved Prop 36, a ballot measure that would reform the Three Strikes Law of 1994. An estimated 3,000 convicted felons serving life sentences for a third...
View ArticleReturning To Life From Life: A Daughter’s Journey To Freeing Her Mother From...
Check out this moving video made by De-Bug’s Jean Melesaine on Lisa Carter, the first woman in Santa Clara County who won her release from a life sentence due to Proposition 36. Judge Deborah Ryan...
View ArticleVideo of the Moment Arthur Erased His Name
This is Arthur erasing his name from our weekly ACJP meeting. His dad Kenny would add his name up on that whiteboard for years. Last Sunday, Arthur came home from prison after eight years, having...
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