Election 2020: Proposition 20 Would Roll Back Certain Criminal Justice Reforms

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Forum hears from both sides of the debate over California’s Proposition 20, which would roll back sentencing and parole changes approved by voters in 2014 and 2016. If approved, Proposition 20 would re-categorize some non-violent crimes as felonies, restrict some parole considerations and require DNA collection for certain misdemeanors. Backed by law enforcement, proponents say that the earlier reforms threaten public safety. Opponents say state prisons are overcrowded and argue that Proposition 20 would adversely affect communities of color. We’ll get the details and take your questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.9	I'm Michael Krasny.
0:40.0	In this segment, we're going to continue with our election coverage.
0:42.6	We're going to hear from both sides of the debate over California's Proposition 20,
0:46.4	which would roll back sentencing and parole changes approved by voters in 2014 and 2016.
0:52.9	Joining us is Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent with KQED and co-host
0:56.8	the KQED's political breakdown show. Marisa, good morning. Morning. Well, tell us about Prop 20.
1:03.2	Yeah, so, you know, we have seen over the past decade or a little more a real sea change in the way
1:09.1	California has approached criminal justice, starting with
1:11.7	realignment, which was a bill that Jerry Brown put forward his first year in office, right after the
1:16.9	Supreme Court ruled that California had essentially reached a point where the crowding in prisons
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