Glenn Backes

Policy Consultant, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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Policy consultant to the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; opponent of California's Proposition 9

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The so-called Victims' Bill of Rights was voted into the state constitution in 1982, but supporters of Proposition 9 on next week's ballot say what they call a "broken" system favors…

Proposition 9: Criminal Justice System and Victims' Rights

The so-called Victims' Bill of Rights was voted into the state constitution in 1982, but supporters of Proposition 9 on next week's ballot say what they call a "broken" system favors…

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Proposition 5 on the November ballot, which deals with the criminal justice system, would allocate $460 million a year to improve and expand treatment programs for drug crimes and…

Propositions 5 and 6: Law and Order

Proposition 5 on the November ballot, which deals with the criminal justice system, would allocate $460 million a year to improve and expand treatment programs for drug crimes and…

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