^Excerpt from the linked article:
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Mr. Canepa said that he originally backed Prop. 47 because he saw it as a chance to give people serving long sentences for retail theft a second chance.
One of the most well-known statutes in Prop. 47 raised the minimum amount of stolen goods from $400 to $950 for a theft case to be classified as a felony, which critics consider to be the main cause of a rise in petty theft across the state.
The liberal crime bill also allows felons currently serving prison terms to petition for reduced sentences under the new classifications.
"I thought it was a good idea then because we need to give people an opportunity, we need to give people a chance," Mr. Canepa told CBS.
But now, with the explosion of retail theft in California and elsewhere, he says he was wrong to back the measure.
"I made a mistake, it was a big mistake, and you have to acknowledge your mistake. By doing this, what we've done is we're, letting people take thousands and thousands of dollars. And why should people be subjugated?" Mr. Canepa said.
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Now comes the hard part - getting the law repealed and enforcing jail time on offenders. We'll see if someone else will step up and join him in a crusade against this atrocious law.