Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said, up to this point, realignment is being achieved without a serious compromise to public safety.
"Unfortunately, the major consequence of AB109 is that there will be people out on the street that shouldn't be there and in the past would have been in custody," Ramsey said.
The Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation claims offenders who now qualify for local jail or treatment under AB109 are already being arrested for new felonies, including violent crimes. The new law prevents criminals whose most recent conviction is for one of a host of theft- or drug-related felonies from being sentenced to state prison...
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