Calif. Gov. Newsom signs law ending mandatory jail time for non-violent drug crimes
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., signed legislation Wednesday ending mandatory minimum jail sentences for non-violent drug offenses.
The bill was first sponsored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who lauded the governor for his action.
"The racist, failed War on Drugs has helped build our system of mass incarceration, and we must dismantle and end its vestiges, which are still in place today," Wiener said, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "War on Drugs policies are ineffective, inhumane and expensive."
Wiener also tweeted about the new law, writing, "Mass incarceration of non-violent drug offenders hasn’t reduced drug use or addiction. Time for a new approach. Thx, Governor, for this overdue step."
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