Today's News Scan noted Michele Hanisee's post for the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys regarding Cal. Gov. Jerry Brown's signing of SB 1391. As Sacramento Bee columnist Marcos Bretón explained last month, this ill-considered legislation exempts everyone under 16 from transfer to adult court even for the more depraved offenses.
I believe that a strong argument can be made that SB 1391 is invalid as an unauthorized amendment of Proposition 57. Stay tuned.
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