California sentencing for crime spike
By Hollie McKay Published May 19, 2016 FoxNews.com
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Reeling from an exploding homicide rate, Las Vegas is pointing a finger to the west, where California has implemented two laws easing sentences and parole conditions for prison inmates.
So far this year, Sin City has seen 66 homicides, up from 29 for the same period in 2015. Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told the Las Vegas Sun’s editorial board this week the crime spike can be traced to laws passed in neighboring California to shorten prison sentences for criminals deemed nonviolent.
"We have seen individuals directly related to California committing crimes here in substantial numbers," Lombardo said.
Nevada police did not back down after Lombardo’s charge ignited a border war of words.
“Las Vegas, like many large cities in the U.S. is experiencing a rise in crime,” Larry Hadfield, spokesman for the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, told FoxNews.com. “We are seeing an influx of persons being arrested – or involved in – violent crimes from California. Many of these people have current ties or past affiliations with gangs out of California.”
California Proposition 47, which passed in late 2014, allowed some nonviolent felony sentences, including drug possession and petty theft, to be reduced to misdemeanors. The 2011 California Public Safety Realignment Act transferred some felons deemed nonviolent from state to county jails and reportedly reduced parole times.
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