Right now, we have a system with no accountability. A judge can order someone to treatment, and they can do whatever they want. To have a system where so few people show up is shocking.

When you’re saddled with the fact that it’s not low-level offenders and there’s no accountability, it’s doomed for failure.

The board’s feeling is that three-strikes is a great law if used appropriately, and this measure to change it is not necessary.

The initiative is a severe limitation of the number of crimes that can be considered for a life sentence. It involves the release of thousands of felons that juries, judges and prosecutors … have decided...