Michael Brennan

USC

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Law professor at USC, where he runs the Post-Conviction Justice Project

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It’s been a year since Proposition 47 passed. That’s the measure that reduced some drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

A Year of Prop 47

It’s been a year since Proposition 47 passed. That’s the measure that reduced some drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

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