From tough on crime to holistic public safety efforts, the Inland Empire’s district attorneys and public defenders talked about the damage done by California’s criminal justice system, and discussed their own rehabilitation efforts at the March 9 meeting of the Hon. Joseph B. Campbell Inn of Court.
Michele Assael-Shafia, attorney and assistant professor at the University of La Verne College of Law, moderated the online discussion with 100 attendants.
“California was one of the nation’s leaders in tough on crime, with policies such as three strikes and you’re out, determinate sentencing, The STEP Act (Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act),
