Criminal
Jul. 30, 2013
Inmate advocates enlist lawyers to assist resentencing petitions
Stanford Law School's Three Strikes Project has enlisted law firms and law schools to make sure that no inmate eligible for resentencing under Prop. 36 goes without legal representation.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Under Proposition 36, thousands of inmates are potentially eligible for resentencing that could reduce their prison terms substantially. The challenge now for prisoner advocates is making sure that happens.
The statute, passed as a voter initiative in November, altered the state's three strikes law so that in most cases, it imposes a sentence of 25 years to life on offenders only if their third o...
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