Russo on Schwarzenegger and Prop. 36

Over at the California Policy Report, Frank Russo notes a tension between California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger'sstated position on "the will of the voters" as expressed through initiatives and his approach to Prop. 36, the California initiative that allows first- and second-time nonviolent.

  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.

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..

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, inc., will pay $2.3 billion to the Federal government and 49 States to settle allegations that it violated federal regulations in promoting several drugs, as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The settlement is the largest in U.S. history to date.

A 24-year old woman was gunned down near her workplace on 17th April. A teenage boy by the name of Chris Brown has been linked with the shooting and will be tried as an adult. The woman identified as Cassandra Lee Cassidy,.

If Thomas were an adolescent now, he might not have served 13-years in prison. In 2000 Thomas was 15 and committed armed robbery. Nevada had just tightened laws against juvenile offenders as part of a national wave instituting harsh laws. The goal.

[caption id="attachment_19245" align="alignleft" width="300"] Narcotic in the red sign vector isolated. Drug addiction is prohibited and forbidden. Danger for health, heroin in spoon.[/caption] The proposed California initiative to legalize marijuana under state law, 07-0064, is still alive, and its organizers continue to.

Pete at Drug WarRant and Scott at Drug War Chronicle have each fired off very sharp critiques of George Will's fairly awful column from Sunday's Washington Post, which seems to be an attempt to out-do James Wilson in its celebration of American incarceration rates. The main point.

Originally posted on Drug Law Blog by attorney Alex Coolman This week is the second anniversary of this blog's debut in the world (with this unremarkable post) in April of 2006. I completely forgot about the first anniversary, but I've been thinking.

Note: I first wrote this post back in March when James Q. Wilson published an op-ed in several major American newspapers defending America's intense use of prisons. I decided not to publish it at the time, but today I see that Wilson.