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District Attorney Summer Stephan and 14 local mayors back initiative that would roll back the proposition with a three-strikes scheme for some drug, theft crimes
But researchers found plummeting inmate totals had no consistent impact on violent or property crime. Local police leaders have pushed back against the findings.
San Diego's jail population fell about 30 percent in the year after March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic orders. A study from researchers at UC Irvine and the University of Arizona found that had no consistent impact on violent or property crime.
While many communities include buybacks in gun violence prevention strategies, most research shows they ineffective at reducing homicides and suicides.
Two weeks ago, more than 160 gun owners in Richmond, Virginia, turned in 474 firearms in the city’s first-ever gun buyback event. City officials offered Walmart, Amazon and Kroger gift