{"id":85854,"date":"2018-03-27T11:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=85854"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:59:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:59:55","slug":"california-sentencing-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/california-sentencing-enhancements","title":{"rendered":"Sentencing Enhancements: California Leads the Way to Fewer Mandatory Enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United States Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote that a \u201cstate may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.\u201d (New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann<\/em>).<\/p>\n The current trend in the world of criminal justice is a shift away from mass incarceration. Indeed, for decades the U.S. has been incarcerating more of its citizens per capita than any other country on Earth. Yet, we have seen no real difference in crime rates compared to other industrialized nations.<\/p>\n