Sponsored by Sheppard Mullin, a full service, global law firm with 750 attorneys. The firm
handles corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial
transactions. Visit www.sheppardmullin.com.
What would Prop 57 do?
To register to vote or check whether your registration is current, go to http://registertovote.ca.gov/
It would affect two areas of our sentencing laws - juveniles and adults.
Juveniles: Most of the time defendants under the age of 18 are tried as juveniles. But sometimes if the crime is serious enough, juveniles as young as 14 can be tried as adult and given an adult sentence. Serious crimes include murder, robbery or some sex offenses. Right now prosecuting attorneys make that decision. Prop 57 would change that. It would have judges make that decision after a hearing is held. If prop 57 passes fewer minors would be transferred to adult courts.
Adults: Prop 57 would offer prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes a better chance at early parole by giving them more credit for good behavior, completing rehab and classes. Prisoners would have to serve the time for their primary offense in order to be eligible for early release. An estimated 7000* inmates would be immediately eligible. Another 18,000 non-violent felons might be eligible for early parole under Prop 57.
--
--
What are the arguments for Prop 57?
Regarding minors:
Judges should be given more discretion by looking more closely at serious crimes my minors and then deciding if the juvenile (age 14 to 17) should be tried in the adult system.
Evidence shows that when minors stay in the juvenile system they are less likely to commit additional crimes.
Regarding adults:
California's prison population has increased 500% over the past several decades. Our prisons are terribly overcrowded.
California is under orders by the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce overcrowding. Prop 57 would do that without endangering the public because only non-violent inmates would be eligible.
It would give inmates an incentive to participate in classes and rehabilitation programs. Fewer of them would re-offend.
Inmates must demonstrate they are rehabilitated and do not pose a danger to the public.
All of those released will be supervised by law enforcement.
The most violent offenders would remain behind bars.
Prop 57 would save taxpayers millions of dollars in prison costs.
If California doesn't reduce its own prison population, a panel of judges would be sent it to do. It's better if we take things into our own hands.
What are the arguments against Prop 57?
Your Choice. Your Voice.
KCETLink - Your Choice. Your Voice.
AIGA/Vote 411 - Tu Voto
APIAVote: Voice Your Vote
1 of 4
next
Regarding adults:
Prop 57 is poorly written. It doesn't clearly define what's non-violent. Under Prop 57 crimes like rape of an unconscious person, human trafficking, lewd acts against a child, or attempted to explode a bomb at a school or church would be considered non-violent and criminal could be let out.
Prop 57 could cut some sentences by as many as 17 years. How? If an inmate only has to serve time for his or her primary offense , additional crimes or special circumstances that made their sentence longer would be set aside.
Prop 57 could result in high crime rates and less safe streets
It also overturns key provisions of the Three Strikes You're Out law and the Victim's Bill of Rights.
Victims would have to relive the trauma with every new parole hearing.
Regarding minors:
When judges are given the power to decide when minor should be tried as adults, fewer of them will be. And yet, some 14 through18 years olds have committed heinous crimes that need to be dealt with more severely.
Who is in favor of Prop 57?
Governor Jerry Brown supports Prop 57. He says our prisons are horribly overcrowded. He points out that California is under a federal order to reduce overcrowding. He says Prop 57 will do this without endangering the public because only non-violent prisoners are eligible. If we don't do it the federal government will.
Who's against Prop 57?
Opponents - mainly prosecutors and police officers - strongly oppose Prop 57. They say Prop 57 is written so even rapist, domestic abusers, and child molesters could get parole early. Some sentences could shortened by as many as 17 years.
What does a yes or no vote mean?
A yes on 57 means certain non-violent offenders could get out on parole earlier, plus judges would decide if minors are tried as adults.
A no vote means things stay the way they are.
*Estimate from The Associated Press
Most recent headlines
06/10/2025
France T l visions, France's leading broadcaster, has received the 2025 EBU ...
04/09/2025
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), in collaboration with Dalet, has been a...
30/08/2025
WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission has adopted its FY 2025 Regulatory Fees Order that establishes the regulatory fee rates for the broadcast stati...
29/08/2025
Australian Red Cross and SBS launch training to help workplaces in the fight aga...
29/08/2025
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Sp...
29/08/2025
L3Harris Technologies has concentrated decades of expertise across the entire enterprise to develop affordable and reliable best-of-breed solutions to rapidly c...
29/08/2025
BURBANK, Calif. The CW Network and the Pac-12 Conference have announced a new media rights deal that will extend their broadcast partnership beginning with the ...
29/08/2025
NEW YORK Gracenote has released a new analysis of its global video dataset showing that the number of FAST channels grew nearly 14% from Q1 2025 and 76% since 2...
29/08/2025
SAN JOSE, Calif. Harmonic has announced a series of improvements to its live sports streaming solution that the company said will improve fan engagement, protec...
29/08/2025
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES Fox Corp. and YouTube TV last night announced a renewal of the full portfolio of Fox networks, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business...
29/08/2025
Budapest, Hungary, August 2025 - The integration of Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) with Lightware's Taurus universal matrix switchers delivers a new level of f...
29/08/2025
Frequency, the engine behind many of the world's best-known streaming television channels, today announced it will launch Studio Live, a next-generation uni...
29/08/2025
In an era when AI and cyber resilience are essential, Scality will mark the 10th anniversary of Scality Day on October 16, 2025 in Paris. This flagship global e...
29/08/2025
Disguise's In-House Creative and Technical Teams Pre-Visualised, Programmed and Delivered Content for the Experience, All Powered by EX 3+
Technology solu...
29/08/2025
Disguise will be demonstrating the latest workflows for TV, film and live events on a number of partner booths at the show
Disguise, the industry-leading tech...
29/08/2025
STOCKHOLM, Sweden Accedo will showcase Accedo Compose, its AI agent-powered modular orchestration layer that assists streaming providers in transitioning client...
29/08/2025
LOS ANGELES Cineverse has announced that it is working with Xperi to bring four of its streaming channels to automobiles for the first time as part of the DTS A...
29/08/2025
DALLAS & ATLANTA Gray Media has announced an agreement with the sports streaming service Victory+ to simulcast 17 Dallas Stars NHL games in 15 television market...
29/08/2025
NEW YORK AND CULVER CITY Comcast NBCUniversal and Amazon have announced new and extended distribution agreements that will expand the content available on their...
29/08/2025
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. RED Digital Cinema will feature its Cine-Broadcast Module supporting live broadcast workflows during IBC2025, Sept. 12-15, at the RAI Ams...
29/08/2025
29 Aug 2025
Kyivstar Rings Opening Bell at Nasdaq Marking Landmark Listing and ...
29/08/2025
More than half of all NFL games live on Sky for the first timeFriday 29 August 2025
Sky Sports has announced a new three-year deal with the NFL, extending its ...
29/08/2025
Back to All News
RIV4LRIES: The Trailer of the New Series With Samuele Carrino ...
29/08/2025
Get ready for an inspiring and emotional insight into the world of competitive Irish dancing with My Story: Tomi Champion of the World airing on RT 2 this monda...
29/08/2025
RT has today announced that David McCullagh is to be the new presenter of RT Radio 1's flagship Today programme, which airs every weekday at 10am, replaci...
28/08/2025
By Kristin Feeley, Director, Documentary Film & Artist Programs
If you want to tell untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got ...
28/08/2025
Directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, Sundance Institute-supported Amer...
28/08/2025
Corridos have been a cornerstone of M sica Mexicana for generations, telling stories rooted in everyday life. Now, a new chapter is taking shape: motivational c...
28/08/2025
Los corridos han sido un pilar de la M sica Mexicana durante generaciones, contando historias enraizadas en la vida cotidiana. Ahora, un nuevo cap tulo est tom...
28/08/2025
Earlier this month, we promised our Verano Forever party would bring the heat, a...
28/08/2025
L3Harris will provide the Polish F-16V fleet with the Viper Shield electronic warfare system as part of an upgrade program....
28/08/2025
Bilbao, August 26, 2025 - AgileTV, an international television and video technol...
28/08/2025
Ken Wilkinson is an Emmy Awards nominated New York audio engineer who specialises in production sound mixing for film, commercial, episodic and documentary work...
28/08/2025
NEW YORK FuboTV today announced that it will launch Fubo Sports, a skinny bundle that focuses on sports with a subscription price of $56 monthly....
28/08/2025
NEVADA City, Calif. At IBC2025, Sept. 12-15 at the RAI Amsterdam, Telestream will debut its new Global Ingest strategy, introducing a next-generation ingest arc...
28/08/2025
Dr. Rhoda Bernard Releases Groundbreaking Debut Book on Accessible Arts Educatio...
28/08/2025
TAG Video Systems, the leader in software-based IP end-to-end workflow monitoring, deep probing, and real-time visualization, has named Oliver Gappa as Sales Di...
28/08/2025
AI-based voice enhancement will be among a series of innovations making their IBC 2025 debut on the DHD stand B46 in Hall 8 at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Cent...
28/08/2025
Telef nica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA), the leading system integrator and service provider in the media sector in Spain, with the support of Appear, the globa...
28/08/2025
To fully immerse sailing fans in the world's biggest offshore yacht race, production company, Optical Media turned to LiveU's On-site Production solutio...
28/08/2025
Working with Calrec on its most recent overhaul, radio and television broadcaster, WNED has migrated to a fully IP infrastructure with multiple Type R consoles,...
28/08/2025
Cleeng, the Subscriber Retention Management (SRM ) inventor, has unveiled Cleeng Pro, the first-ever direct-to-consumer (D2C) subscription management platform t...
28/08/2025
Zixi, the industry leader in live broadcast-quality video over IP, today announced that French media distribution platform OKAST has selected Zixi to enable rel...
28/08/2025
Solution offers a streamlined, speaker-free architecture to optimize integration with premium external loudspeakers and advanced loudness metering
Nixer Pro Au...
28/08/2025
Cinegy, the premier provider of software-defined television technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Vision One Touch Film Production Services L.L...
28/08/2025
Telestream, a global leader in media workflow technologies, will debut its new Global Ingest strategy at IBC2025, introducing a next-generation ingest architect...
28/08/2025
Tier 1 operator selects Broadpeak to power high-performance, unified CDN solution across Norway, Sweden and Finland
Broadpeak, a leader in streaming and moneti...
28/08/2025
Leading video software provider, Synamedia, today announced that 24 Frames Digital, one of India's leading live event streaming service providers, has chose...
28/08/2025
Meet VisualOn at IBC2025: See What's Next in AI-Powered Video Streaming Join VisualOn at IBC2025 and discover how our AI-driven Optimizer and advanced media...
Sponsored by Sheppard Mullin, a full service, global law firm with 750 attorneys. The firm
