Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes (FACTS) held a protest and candlelight vigil on Thursday, March 24, at Jesse Brewer Park on Exposition Boulevard in South Central Los Angeles on the eleventh anniversary of the law.
According to FACTS, 42,445 people have been incarcerated under the current Three Strikes law — 65% of them for non-violent crimes, and 39 percent of them from Los Angeles.FACTS is among the groups now campaigning for reform of the existing law.
By Brenton Garen and Roger Morante Santa Monica College’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to cancel a pilot “self-funded” supplemental program that would have offered an additional 50 courses this summer at cost. The […]
There have already been plenty of surprises in the ongoing contest to become the next governor of California, and chances are there will be plenty more. For 2010 marks the first campaign since 1998 with […]
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