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Loyola Law School
Professor of criminal law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles
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Stanley Goldman
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FROM Stanley Goldman
Which Way, L.A.?
Is It Time to Relax the “Crackdown on Crime?” Twenty years ago, California voters passed, “Three Strikes and You’re Out” — providing that a third conviction meant life in prison, even if it was for a minor crime. There have been some changes since, and now Proposition 47 would reduce some felonies down to misdemeanors — as well as allowing some convicts to appeal for sentence reduction. We get some background and hear a debate.
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?