The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code released its
first Annual
Report. The report describes the
Committee’s work and details 10 reforms recommended unanimously
by Committee members. The recommendations span California’s
entire criminal legal system, from traffic court to parole
consideration for people serving life sentences. The entire
report and full list of recommendations can be found here.
The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code, created in January
2020, studies the California Penal Code and recommends statutory
reforms to achieve the following improvements: simplify and
rationalize the substance of criminal law; simplify and
rationalize criminal procedures; establish alternatives to
incarceration that will aid in the rehabilitation of offenders,
and improve the system of parole and probation.
