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Releases & Media Alerts |
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| Thursday
October
28,
2004 |
| From
San
Diego
to
Santa
Cruz
,
Los
Angeles
to
Redding
,
San
Francisco
to
Orange
County
,
California
newspapers
representing
diverse
areas
and
widely
divergent
political
philosophies,
have
seen
the
merits
of
Proposition
66...read
more |
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| Wednesday
October
27,
2004 |
| The
Yes on
66
campaign,
in a
letter
to
California
television
stations
today,
called
upon
California
television
stations
not to
air
ads
featuring
Governor
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
making
patently
false
statements...read
more |
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| Wednesday
October
27,
2004 |
| A
major
California
newspaper's
analysis
of
Gov.
Arnold
Schwarzenegger's
ad
opposing
Proposition
66,
the
Fix
Three
Strikes
measure,
concludes
that
the
Governor's
claims...read
more |
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| Tuesday
October 26,
2004 |
| Governor
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
has his
facts wrong
in a
televised
commercial
opposing
Proposition
66, the Fix
Three
Strikes
initiative...read
more |
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| Sunday
October 24, 2004 |
| This
editorial page has
for years been
critical of
California
's "three
strikes" law,
passed by voter
initiative in
1994, to a large
extent in response
to the brutal
murder of Polly
Klaas...read
more |
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| Monday
October 25, 2004 |
| SACRAMENTO
,
CA
–
Supporters of
Proposition 66, the
“Fix Three Strikes”
initiative, today
launched a statewide
television ad campaign,
unveiling a television
commercial to air during
the final week of the
campaign...read
more |
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| Sunday
October 24, 2004 |
| This
editorial page has for
years been critical of
California
's "three
strikes" law,
passed by voter
initiative in 1994, to a
large extent in response
to the brutal murder of
Polly Klaas...read
more |
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| Wednesday
October 20, 2004 |
| ONTARIO-Supporters
of Proposition 66 today called
Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s opposition
to the three-strikes
sentencing reform measure
inconsistent with his platform
of fiscal responsibility and
political reform...read
more |
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| Wednesday
October 13, 2004 |
| Californians are overwhelmingly in favor of enacting common-sense reforms to improve the state's "three strikes" law by decisively passing Proposition 66 on the November 2, ballot...read
more |
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| Thursday
October 7, 2004 |
| SACRAMENTO,
CA - Supporters of Proposition 66, the
"Fix Three Strikes" reform
measure on the November ballot, said
today's report of a contribution of
$149,000 from the wealthy and powerful
prison guards union to the opposition
campaign, is just business as usual, and
comes as no surprise...read
more |
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| Thursday
October
7,
2004 |
|
JOE
KLAAS,
FORMER
STA.
CLARA
JUDGE,
NATIONAL
EXPERT
CALL
FOR
FIXING
3
STRIKES:
New
study
shows
racial
disparities
in
applying
3
strikes
law...read
more
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| Wednesday
October
6,2004 |
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New report finds 3 Strikes used
disproportionately on
minorities African Americans “struck out” at 13 times the rate
of whites, Latino rate of incarceration 82% higher than
whites...read
more |
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| Thursday
September
30,
2004 |
| A
broad
coalition
of
Bay
Area
civic
and
religious
groups,
labor
organizations,
and
public
officials
are
launching
a
campaign
in
support
of
Proposition
66,
an
initiative
that
fixes
a
major
flaw
in
California
’s
Three
Strikes
law...read
more |
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| Thursday
September
23,
2004 |
| A
study
released
today
by
the
Justice
Policy
Institute
found
California
’s
“three-strikes”
sentencing
law
extremely
out
of
step
with
the
rest
of
the
country,
and
concluded
that
the
law
needs
to
be
reformed...read
more |
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| Friday
September
24,
2004 |
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| California's
1994
"three
strikes"
law
was
hailed
as
an
iron-clad
sentencing
guide
for
repeat
offenders
and
a
model
for
the
nation...read
more |
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| Friday
September
24, 2004 |
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| SACRAMENTO,
CA
-
Yes on
66
“Fix
Three
Strikes”
campaign
leader
Joe
Klaas
said
today
that the
misleading
scare
tactics
of
Proposition
66
opponents
come as
no
surprise,
and will
ultimately
fail.
“The
facts
are
simple...read
more |
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| Thursday
September
23, 2004 |
| A
study
released
today by
the
Justice
Policy
Institute
found
California's
"three-strikes"
sentencing
law
extremely
out of
step
with the
rest of
the
country,
and
concluded
that the
law
needs to
be
reformed...read
more |
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| Thursday
September 15, 2004 |
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| LAW
ENFORCEMENT,
FAITH, JUSTICE
LEADERSLAUNCH
CAMPAIGN TO FIX
THREE STRIKES LA
residents bear
brunt of absurd
life sentences for
nonviolent
offenses; Prop. 66
restores original
intent of three
strikes to put
away violent
criminals...read
more |
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| Monday
September 13, 2004 |
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| The
Yes on 66 “Fix Three
Strikes” campaign
today announced a major
financial contribution,
which will enable it to
launch a vigorous media
campaign to ensure the
measure’s passage in
the November election...read
more |
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| Wednesday
September 8, 2004 |
| One
union—CCPOA--has assumed
near dictatorial power over
California government. Not
surprisingly, they are
fighting Proposition 66
because it would help rein
them in. Here’s how it
happened...read more |
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| Friday
September 3, 2004 |
| The
following are comments of
Judge Raymond Cadei,
Sacramento County Superior
Court, on August 6, 2004, in a
hearing on the Proposition 66
ballot arguments and
rebuttals, in which opponents
falsely claimed that
Proposition 66 would result in
the release of 26,000 felons.
The judge called that claim
“patently false.”...read
more |
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| Thursday
August 19, 2004 |
| Why
does California's powerful
prison guards union oppose
Proposition 66?...read more |
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| Friday
August 13, 2004 |
| In
a Field Poll released today,
Proposition 66, the “Fix Three
Strikes” initiative on the
November ballot led by a 69% to 19%
margin...read
more |
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| Monday
August 9, 2004 |
| JUDGE
ORDERS CHANGES TO “PATENTLY FALSE” NO
ON 66 ARGUMENT...read
more |
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| Monday
August 2, 2004 |
| Fix
Three Strikes Backers Challenge Opponents False
And Misleading Ballot Statements...read more |
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to Opposition's Arguments |
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