1325. (07-0100, Amdt. #1NS)
Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole. Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
Summary Date: 02/08/08 Qualified: 06/06/08 Signatures Required: 694,354
Proponents: Henry Nicholas, Marcella Leach and LaWanda Hawkins c/o Ashlee N. Titus
Requires notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole. Establishes victim safety as consideration in determining bail or release on parole. Increases the number of people permitted to attend and testify on behalf of victims at parole hearings. Reduces the number of parole hearings to which prisoners are entitled. Requires that victims receive written notification of their constitutional rights. Establishes timelines and procedures concerning parole revocation hearings. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Unknown potential increases in state prison and county jail operating costs due to provisions restricting early release of inmates. To the extent that any such costs were incurred, they could collectively amount to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. A potential net savings in the low tens of millions of dollars for the administration of parole reviews and revocations if the changes related to parole revocation procedures were not overturned by potential legal challenges. (Initiative 07-0100.)
Is this a self-serving prop? Nicholas thinks he's gonna be a prisoner for a while?
(Broadcomm) Tech exec charged with spiking drinks with ecstasy (and conspiracy, securities fraud)
Indictment: Broadcom co-founder had narcotics warehouse, hired prostitutes, drugged associates SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors may have charged Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III in one of the largest stock-option backdating cases in U.S. history, but it was allegations that the billionaire drugged his business cohorts, hired prostitutes and maintained a drug warehouse that grabbed headlines. A pair of indictments unsealed Thursday charge the 48-year-old...
In tomorrow's Bee: Before Henry T. Nicholas III donated millions to rewrite California's crime laws, the Republican billionaire was entangled in his own netherworld of prostitution, drug-peddling, bribery and death threats, federal prosecutors say.Shane Goldmacher has the story of the indicted Republican billionaire who is the chief financier of two tough-on-crime measures on the November 2008 ballot.