http://johnnycalifornia.com/2008/10/23/californias-proposition-9-an-explanation-and-six-reasons-why-it-is-a-horrible-idea/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:05:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://johnnycalifornia.com/2008/10/23/californias-proposition-9-an-explanation-and-six-reasons-why-it-is-a-horrible-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Prop 9: We Told You It Was a Horrible Idea. Let the Lawsuits Begin. | Johnny California Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:01:26 +0000 http://johnnycalifornia.com/?p=439#comment-208 [...] We told you that Prop. 9 was a horrible idea and would be overturned by the courts,  but voters went ahead and passed it anyway.  Here’s what today’s LA Times editorial page has to say about it: By layering new requirements on prosecutors to notify the families of crime victims at every stage of proceedings, (Prop. 9) may create huge new public liability. It replaces a system run by impartial prosecutors, judges and juries with a system that places those with a desire for vengeance in the position of dispensing justice. [...] [...] We told you that Prop. 9 was a horrible idea and would be overturned by the courts,  but voters went ahead and passed it anyway.  Here’s what today’s LA Times editorial page has to say about it: By layering new requirements on prosecutors to notify the families of crime victims at every stage of proceedings, (Prop. 9) may create huge new public liability. It replaces a system run by impartial prosecutors, judges and juries with a system that places those with a desire for vengeance in the position of dispensing justice. [...]

]]> http://johnnycalifornia.com/2008/10/23/californias-proposition-9-an-explanation-and-six-reasons-why-it-is-a-horrible-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-141 jean Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:03:53 +0000 http://johnnycalifornia.com/?p=439#comment-141 We already have really tough prison system in california. I believe people deserve 2nd oportunities in life,especially if you commited a crime when you were a young teenager without parent's support.In most parole hearings inmates are not consider elgible for parole, and if they're the governor reverses their parole.Proposition 9 is unjust and expensive for california. We already have really tough prison system in california. I believe people deserve 2nd oportunities in life,especially if you commited a crime when you were a young teenager without parent’s support.In most parole hearings inmates are not consider elgible for parole, and if they’re the governor reverses their parole.Proposition 9 is unjust and expensive for california.

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