Yes on 36: Reform Three Strikes Law

California's "three strikes" law sends people to prison for life even when their third offense is a petty theft or extremely minor drug possession. If you're concerned about safety, check out the profiles in injustice. Most of the inmates serving life sentences under the Three Strikes were sentenced for non-violent third-strike crimes; there are over 3500 people serving life sentences for non-serious, non-violent crimes. That is nutty. It is a tremendous waste of human potential. And it is tremendously unfair -- overwhelmingly it is young Black and Latino men who are pushed into California's overcrowded prisons. I would like much more dramatic reform, but at least Prop 36 will be a step in the right direction.