mandatory minimum jail sentences

06 Oct 2021

Bill Signed to End Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenses in CA

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, that ends mandatory minimum jail sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Wiener said Senate Bill 73 will help end mass incarceration and what he called the state’s war on drugs. “Our prisons and jails are

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