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CA Convict Release Proposition Passes

Embed from Getty ImagesCalifornia voters handed a decisive victory to Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday in his effort to reshape the state's criminal justice system, approving a ballot measure to offer a new chance at prison release for thousands of prisoners.Proposition 57, the governor's plan to further shrink the state's prison population, was supported by almost two-thirds of voters in Tuesday night returns.The ballot measure changes the state's prison and legal systems in thre
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