Attorney General No.

SA95RF0020

Secretary of State No.

677

Description

REDUCED JURY SIZE. NON-UNANIMOUS VERDICTS. PRISONERS' RIGHTS. PAROLE. SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Allows juries of less than twelve persons in misdemeanor trials. Requires unanimous verdicts in trials before such juries and in death penalty cases. Allows five-sixths majority verdicts in all other criminal cases. Limits prisoners' rights to those established by U.S. and California constitutions. Repeals statute providing other prisoner rights. Increases length, restrictiveness and penalties for violation of parole for certain offenders. Restricts parole hearings to specific counties. Defines sexually violent predators and provides process for their evaluation, adjudication and civil commitment. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Overall, the measure would likely result in long-term annual savings in the range of tens of millions of dollars for county criminal justice and social service programs while resulting in long-term annual costs to the state in the hundreds of millions of dollars and one-time capital outlay costs of up to $1 billion to $2 billion. Local savings would result from a probable decrease in criminal trials as the result of non-unanimous verdict provisions and longer parole revocation terms, and the transfer of sexually violent predators to state facilities. State costs would result from the increase in the prison population due to increased terms for parole violations; increased parole caseloads due to the increase in parole terms; and, increased state costs due to the provisions regarding sexually violent predators.

Proponents

Edward R. Jagels, 1215 Truxton Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca 93301 (805) 861-2421; Collene Campbell, 33552 Valle Road, San Juan Capistrano, Ca 92675 (714) 248-5470

Date

11-8-1995

Document Type

Initiative

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

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