Some Say Controversial Prison ‘Realignment’ Law Is Behind Crime Surge in LA
As Downtown Crime Spikes, Questions Follow by Ryan Vaillancourt | Posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 6:00 am DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Serious crime in Downtown is up 15% compared to last year at this time. Violent crime has risen 18%. What is driving the hike is uncertain, but local authorities finger last year’s controversial prison reform ...
Shooting suspect identified, AB-109 fails
By Gar Swaffar, Sonora Political Buzz Examiner AB-109, California's Probation Department alternative sentencing program, AKA California prisoner catch and release program had its first major failure yesterday. Recently, Kevin Charles Duey was released from prison where he was serving time for the non-violent offense of drunk driving. Today, Kevin Duey has assumed room temperature at ...AB 109 DECEPTION: Is the state dumping dangerous offenders at our doorstep?
Written by Alexander MacLean The Union Democrat February 17, 2012 01:29 pm Probation and law enforcement officials say many of the supposedly “non-violent, non-serious and non-sex offenders” recently transferred to California counties under the state’s “prison realignment” plan are nothing of the sort. While the inmates’ current convictions generally fit that description, past ...