CHARLES: I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE
FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
THAT'S A KEY INGREDIENT.
>>> NEXT GUEST SAYS
CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR JERRY
BROWN AND STATE LAWMAKERS
JEOPARDIZED CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM.
JOINING US IS THE CANDIDATE FOR
THE CALIFORNIA'S 60th ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT.
BILL, WHEN YOU SAY THAT, WHAT
DO YOU MEAN?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
>> I HOPE EVERYONE IN
CALIFORNIA IS SITTING DOWN.
THIS IS THE MOST RECKLESS AND
IRRESPONSIBLE BILL I'VE EVER
SEEN.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE JUST DID
IS CREATE A GET OUT OF JAIL
IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION
PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU CAN CONVINCE A JUDGE
THAT THE REASON YOU COMMITTED A
CRIME WAS DUE TO SOME MENTAL
ILLNESS AND CAN YOU PICK
WHATEVER ONE YOU WANT, THERE'S
A MILLION OUT THERE.
YOU WILL DO A DIVERSION PROGRAM
OF NO MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND
WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR A
CRIME.
VUL A DISMISSAL.
CHARLES: YOU ARE SAYING THEY
TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT?
YOU DON'T NEED PROFESSIONAL
ASSESSMENT?
YOU COULD JUST SAY THIS
SELF-DIAGNOSE?
>> ALMOST.
WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOWS THE
DEFENSE TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT
AND YOU GET TO PICK AS THE
DEFENDANT THE PSYCHIATRIST OF
YOUR CHOOSING OR PSYCHOLOGY,
AND THE PROSECUTION HAS NO SAY.
THE PROSECUTION DOESN'T GET TO
DEFENDANT.
I CAN TELL YOU AS A PROSECUTOR
THERE'S A LOT OF MALINGERING IN
THE COURTROOM.
IT'S FUNNY WHEN PEOPLE ARE
PROSECUTION IS GOING TO BE
EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROCESS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DEFENSE-RUN
ARGUMENT AND PROGRAM.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT CAN BE
DONE WITH THAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CLEAR EXAMPLE.
RAPED.
A DEFENDANT CAN SAY HE SUFFERS
FROM A DISORDER KNOWN AS
HYPOACTIVE MALE SEXUAL
DISORDER.
IF HE CAN PROVE THAT CAN BE
TREATED, HE'LL BE ENTERED IN A
DIVERSION PROGRAM OF NO MORE
AND IT'S A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE
LEGISLATION AND WHAT'S HORRIBLE
ABOUT IT, CHARLES, IT WAS
PASSED IN THE COVER OF DARK.
IT WAS PASSED IN A BUDGET BILL
WITH NO DEBATE, NO AUTHOR, NO
ONE IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THIS AND NO ONE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE OR
STOP IT OR PROVIDE INPUT.
I CAN TELL YOU MY COLLEAGUES IN
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY
AND DEPUTY D.A.'S ACROSS THE
IT'S HORRIBLE.
CHARLES: SHOCKING, AND YOU
WOULD THINK WE'D KNOW WHO THE
WAY TO FIX IT.
