Proposition 36 will revise California’s “Three Strikes” Law to make it less strict if it passes on Nov. 6.

According to the official title and the summary of Proposition 36, it will require a third strike to be a serious or violent felony in order to give a prior conviction a life sentence and will only give twice the usual term for the offence. However, there will still be exceptions with drug-, sex- and gun-felonies when convicts will still get a life sentence. The current law gives that type of sentence to any kind of third felony.

The proposition, if passed, will also allow re-sentencing for some current third strikers who are already serving the life-long sentence for a non-serious crime.

According to the Legislative Analyst’s analysis, California prison system had approximately 137,000 inmates in May 2012 and almost $9 billion budget for 2012-2013.

Proposition 36 states that it will save up to $70 million to $90 million annually over the next couple of decades.

“However, these annual savings could be tens of millions of dollars higher or lower depending on several factors,” states the analysis. “In particular, the actual level of savings would depend on the number of third strikers resentenced by the court and the rate at which BPH (Board of Parole Hearing) would have released third strikers in the future under current law”.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Proposition 36 has already raised $2,591,806. Approximately 95 percent of the raised funds were to support the measure.