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California mom rips Newsom-backed 'diversion program' that appears to benefit her son's killer

Compounding layers of leniency in California laws are allowing drivers charged with vehicular manslaughter to walk away with clean criminal and driving records, prompting calls for reform from victims’ families.Allison Lyman, who is looking for accountability for the crash that killed her son last year, believes soft-on-crime laws passed under Gov. Gavin Newsom's tenure have weakened accountability for road deaths, amounting to what she described as "negligence.""You know, our hunch is this was all happening during ‘soft on crime,’ ‘let's clear the jails,’" Lyman said of California’s laws."And...