This Law Gives Prosecutors Power to Undo Decades of Harsh or Racist Sentencing

Nearly 850 people, mostly Black men, have been freed after their state passed Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing laws.

Three weeks after Thanh Tran’s 18th birthday, he rang a drug dealer’s doorbell. In an instant, Tran was caught up in a gang-related attempted murder and attempted robbery case that could have landed him in a California state prison for 75 years to life. Prosecutors presented Tran with a plea bargain of 17 years in prison, even though he didn’t pull the trigger during the 2011 incident.

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