What is the effect of Proposition 115 on crime victims justice?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barrera, 14 Cal.App.4th 1555, 18 Cal.Rptr.2d 395 (Cal. App. 1993):
On June 5, 1990, the electorate adopted Proposition 115, the "Crime Victims Justice Reform Act." (Raven v. Deukmejian (1990) 52 Cal.3d 336, 340, 276 Cal.Rptr. 326, 801 P.2d 1077.) Among its avowed purposes, as stated in the preamble, was " '... to create a system ... in which violent criminals receive just punishment, ...' " (Id. at p. 342, 276 Cal.Rptr. 326, 801 P.2d
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