The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code has released its 2023 Annual Report. The report describes the Committee's work and recommendations for the upcoming legislative cycle.

The recommendations are:

1. Support Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)

2. Improve Data Access for the Racial Justice Act

3. Create General Resentencing Procedures

4. Apply the “Nickel Prior” Reform Retroactively

5. Expand Second-Look Resentencing

6. Clarify That SB 81’s Updates to Penal Code § 1385 Apply to Strikes

7. Focus Welfare Fraud Prosecutions on the Most Serious Cases

8. Reduce the Scope of Criminal Fines and Add-On Charges

9. Lessen Unfair Pressure to Plead Guilty

10. Require or Incentivize Counties to Safely Reduce Short Prison Stays

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