Passed proposition to change the three-strikes law
Proposition 36
Three Strikes Law
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
8,575,619
69.30%
No
3,798,218
30.70%
Valid votes
12,373,837
100.00%
Invalid or blank votes
0
0.00%
Total votes
12,373,837
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
18,245,970
67.82%
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Proposition 36, also titled A Change in the "Three Strikes Law" Initiative, was a California ballot measure that was passed in November 2012 to modify California's Three Strikes Law (passed in 1994). The latter law punishes habitual offenders by establishing sentence escalation for crimes that were classified as "strikes", and requires a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 to life for a "third-strike offense."
Proposition 36 adjusted the law so that, in order to be classified as a third strike, the offense must be a "serious or violent felony". This serious or violent clause does not apply to defendants previously convicted of rape, murder or child molestation. Additionally, the initiative added a provision in the California Penal Code that establishes a review process of sentences for people currently serving life sentences as a result of a nonviolent or non-serious third-strike offenses; it allowed courts to provide shorter sentences or release.
Supporters of the proposition included Steve Cooley, the LA district attorney at the time, George Soros, and the NAACP.[2] Opponents included Henry T. Nicholas, the author of California's Victims Bill of Rights, the California Police Chiefs’ Association, and the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.[3]
The proposition was passed on November 6, 2012, with 8,575,619 people (69.3%) voting Yes and 3,798,218 people (30.7%) voting No.[4] It was passed by a majority of voters in every county.
^"Statement of Vote" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^"Fix Three Strikes - Endorsements". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
^"Save Three Strikes - Endorsements". Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
^"Statement of Vote" (PDF). State of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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