When can sentencing laws enacted by the people by initiative be changed by the legislature?  The answer varies by state.

Noelle Crombie reports for the Oregonian:

A three-judge panel of Clackamas County Circuit Court judges unanimously concluded Wednesday that a controversial state law reducing sentences for some property crimes is unconstitutional, the latest development in a political conflict erupting over the statute.

The judges, Susie Norby, Michael Wetzel and Thomas Rastetter, concluded that the law, which the Legislature passed last year, needed a two-thirds majority instead of a simple majority because it revised Measure 57. The voter-approved measure cracked down on repeat property offenders with longer prison sentences.