California Courts of Appeal
Apr. 8, 2010
Prisoner Denied Release
An appellate court Tuesday rejected a the petition of a quadriplegic, who might be the state's "most-expensive" prisoner, for release under the state's compassionate release law.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
To save California money, the Legislature in 1997 passed a compassionate release law to free sick or disabled prison inmates who cost taxpayers vast sums to treat behind bars.
Steven C. Martinez figured he was eligible under the new Medical Release and Fiscal Savings Act. In 2001, three years into a 157-year sentence for rape and other violent sex crimes, he'd been stabbed in the ne...
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