Criminal
Dec. 10, 2013
Defenders, law school advocates help inmates reassess cases in wake of Prop. 36
After the measure, as many as 4,000 inmates became possibly eligible for a recall of their life sentences, resentencing and release. They need lawyers' help assessing their cases and petitioning courts for resentencing, among other things.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - After news spread through California's prisoner grapevine that two San Francisco lawyers stood ready to help three-strikes inmates seek release, the pleas for aid started flowing. "We got more than 1,000 letters," said Angeli R. Fitch, who with law partner Givelle J. Lamano established the Three Strikes Justice Center and began drafting petitions in the wake of Proposition 36's ...
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