California Cops Frustrated With 'Catch-And-Release' Crime-Fighting [NPR.org]
An experiment has been underway in California since November 2014, when voters approved Proposition 47: put fewer lawbreakers in jail without increasing crime. The measure converted a list of nonviolent felonies into misdemeanors, which translated into little or no jail time for crimes such as low-value theft and possession of hard drugs. Police didn't like Prop 47 when it was on the ballot, and now many are convinced they were right to oppose it. In Huntington Beach, a seaside city in...