Government
Aug. 18, 2012
Bill would allow shorter sentences for some convicted as juveniles
A bill that would allow juveniles convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole the ability to earn parole after all passed the California Assembly.
By Paul Jones
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A bill that would allow juveniles convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole the ability to earn parole after all passed the California Assembly today on a narrow, 41-34 vote. The bill, SB 9 by Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), would allow murderers sentenced to life in prison when they were teenagers the ability to apply for parole after serving a 25-year sentence. The bill would allow some prisoners convicte...
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