This bill creates and specifies the membership of the California Sentencing Commission to implement a new sentencing system in California. The purposes include "to render sentences in all cases within a range of severity proportionate to the gravity of offenses, the harms done to crime victims, and the blameworthiness of offenders" and "to eliminate inequities in sentencing across population groups... "
Passed Senate (24-15), failed in the Assembly (34-38), motion to reconsider made
Click here for the full text of the bill and type in the bill number, 110.
Date: 9/12/2007
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