Report: One in Three People Had Sentences Lengthened Due to Three-Strikes Law

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1. Report: One in Three People Had Sentences Lengthened Due to Three-Strikes Law

A new report released on Tuesday by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) found “that thousands of Californians saw their prisons sentences lengthened because of this law, and more than one-third (36%) of people currently incarcerated in California are serving a longer sentence because of Three Strikes.”

2. NRA Touts Reisig’s Zero Bail Analysis as an Argument against Bail Reform

Last week, we criticized Yolo DA Jeff Reisig’s analysis of zero bail, noting among other things that the DA’s office failed to baseline the data—which meant that any comparison of the impact of the policy could not be inferred from the presentation of data.

3. Everyday Injustice Podcast Compilation – Best of Everyday Injustice Reflecting on Progress

Since 2019, Everyday Injustice has brought you interviews with the leaders of the criminal justice realm as well as the tragic stories of everyday injustice.? In this brief compilation, among other things we talk about disturbing police incidents, the use of junk science to wrongly convict people, and police torture among other things.

4. Critics Charge More Work Needed by Biden Administration on DACA Protection

?The Biden Administration and the Department of Homeland Security recently collaborated on a regulation to codify the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, intended to increase the protection of DACA in court as applicable.

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