California voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday seeking harsher punishment for retail crimes including shoplifting and ...

California voters are deciding on 10 statewide propositions on the ballot. The one likely to get the most attention is a ...

California voters decided on 10 ballot measures including one that would turn some nonviolent crimes, like shoplifting, into ...

Prop. 36 is an attempt to unwind Prop. 47, a prop passed 10 years ago in an effort to reduce California's prison overcrowding ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Anger over retail theft drives California voters to make certain shoplifting crimes felonies again.

Anger over retail theft drives California voters to make certain shoplifting crimes felonies again.

Proposition 36 has been approved by state voters with overwhelming support. The law will enact harsher penalties for repeat theft and drug crimes, reversing that of Prop 47, which passed in 2014. That ...

a loss-prevention professional in California who's worked for half a dozen major retailers over the past decade. "They're like a giant organized mob, they just don't know each other." Shoplifting ...

47 sought to reduce California’s severe prison overcrowding by reclassifying as misdemeanors six felony theft and drug crimes, including shoplifting and simple drug possession. It funneled the ...

Thousands of shoplifting offences in County Durham and Darlington have gone unpunished as traders continue to count the cost of stolen items. New figures show more than 7,000 offences occurred ...