CA County Report Discusses Prop. 47:  Stanislaus County released a 17-page report on Friday discussing the initial impact of Proposition 47, an initiative that "offers no justice for victims of crime," which County officials will hear presented Tuesday.  Ken Carlson of the Modesto Bee reports that the report analyzes the effects of Prop 47, approved by voters in November 2014 to reclassify certain felonies as misdemeanors and allow property and drug offenders to reduce their sentences, which led to an immediate decrease in the number of people arrested and booked in county jail in the month that is passed.  The measure has led a 40 percent decrease in felony cases submitted to District Attorney Birgit Fladager for review in the county, and she filed charges in 5,800 less cases the first year under Prop 47 compared to the year prior.  While felony prosecutions are down 30 percent in Stanislaus County, misdemeanor cases have risen 10 percent, and Fladager believes this is because people given citations for property crimes are reoffending at a quicker rate since they face no time behind bars.  Many of the criminals who skirt jail time are also skipping alternative work programs and out-of-custody drug treatment "because of the reduced emphasis on incarceration in criminal justice" says Sheriff Adam Christianson. 

113 Radicalized Terrorists Identified:  Sens. Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz said Monday that, since early 2014, 113 individuals have been implicated in radical Islamic terrorist plots on U.S. soil.  Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times reports that the senators reached the latest total after adding 41 new names to their list, including two Iraqi refugees who were arrested last week on separate terrorism-related charges.  Sessions, chairman of the Senate's immigration subcommittee, and Cruz, a leading Republican presidential candidate, said that the information is "critical" given President Obama's plan to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S. this year.  In response, White House officials say they "have faith in the ability of screeners to keep out bad actors," though at least 14 of the 113 individuals implicated in terrorism were admitted to the U.S. as refugees. 

Border Patrol Criticizes Sean Penn:  Following actor Sean Penn's publicized interview with Mexican cartel drug lord and mass murderer Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, described as a publicity stunt for Penn to secure a multi-million dollar role in any future movie about him, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) was quick to denounce it.  Brandon Darby of Breitbart reports that El Chapo and his affiliates, part of the notorious Sinaloa cartel, are responsible for tons of drugs, illegal immigrants and trafficked human beings illicitly crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as the deaths of up to 125,000 people in Mexico.  Months ago, when El Chapo was still a fugitive after he escaped from a maximum security prison, Penn attempted to secretly meet with him for an interview which led the Mexican military straight to him.  In the wake of El Chapo's recapture last week, Rolling Stone magazine published Penn's account, which many have criticized as having glorified the brutal mass murderer and drug lord.  U.S. Border Patrol Agent Shawn Moran, Vice President and spokesman for the NBPC, a union representing about 17,000 Border Patrol agents, stated, "Sean Penn and others who would celebrate [El Chapo] or capitalize on his situation only further put law enforcement on both sides of the border in danger."