Criminal
Oct. 6, 2016
Parole board is behind on base-term calculations
California's parole system offers inmates a critical but underutilized tool to ensure that their sentences are proportionate: the base term. By Sharif E. Jacob and Andrea Nill Sanchez
Sharif E. Jacob
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Sharif focuses on intellectual property litigation, complex business disputes and representing individuals
"[N]o inmate may be imprisoned beyond a period that is constitutionally proportionate to the commitment offense or offenses." In re Dannenberg, 34 Cal. 4th 1061, 1071 (2005). California's parole system offers inmates a critical but underutilized tool to ensure that their sentences are proportionate: the base term. The base term represents the sentence that is proportionate to a particular inmat...
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