A YEAR AFTER CALIFORNIANS VOTED for a conservative shift in criminal justice policy, they began to see the results.
Proposition 36, approved by voters in 2024, gave prosecutors the ability to charge people convicted of various third-time drug offenses with a so-called treatment-mandated felony — a choice between behavioral health treatment or up to three years in jail or prison.Â
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