The jumping off point is a long article published in the LA Times today (4/1/07) on Prop. 36, the 2000 California initiative that allows first- and second-time nonviolent drug offenders to be  sentenced to drug treatment rather than incarceration. The article.

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The focus of many white-collar criminal offenses is fraud. However, fraud itself is not a crime, it is simply a “concept” that is an integral aspect of several criminal statutes. Fraud is at the core of a variety of federal criminal statutes:.

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A curious case on Prop. 36 out of the California Third District Court of Appeal today: People v. Hartley , C053925. The appellants in this case were on Prop. 36 probation in Yolo County, on their way to successful completion of the program..

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