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| Report: Inmate releases not causing crime spike |
| By sfexaminer.com- Michael Barba |
| Published: 11/06/2015 |
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Law enforcement across the state for the past year has blamed rising crime on Proposition 47, which reduced certain property crimes and drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The San Francisco Police Department is no exception. In the July edition of the police union’s journal, Chief Greg Suhr pointed toward Prop. 47 as much of the reason for The City’s recent jump in property crimes — “auto and home burglaries in particular.” But a Stanford Law School study on Prop. 47 reports that prisoners released under the measure are not to blame for increases in crime. District Attorney George Gascon, who co-authored the measure, said Thursday that fewer than 20 inmates have been released under Prop. 47 for offenses committed in San Francisco. Prop. 47 allows judges to reduce the punishments for select inmates serving time for felony crimes now considered misdemeanors, provided they pose no risk to public safety — including simple drug possession and nonviolent thefts under $950. Read More. |
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