DA SAYS 'NO' TO PROPOSITION 5

I strongly encourage you to join with me and vote "no" on Proposition
5. Proposition 5 will be a "get out of jail free" card for those
accused of domestic violence, elder or child abuse, identity theft or
felony drunken driving. They avoid jail and get drug treatment by
claiming "the drugs made me do it." What's worse is that they can
attend programs that let them keep using drugs - what a message to
send to our youth. And it will cost us more than $1 billion every year.

Proposition 5 shortens parole from three years to just six months for
those who sell up to 2.2 pounds of meth, and they will serve less
time in prison. I call Proposition 5 the "Drug Dealers Bill of Rights."

- - Jan Scully, Sacramento

district attorney