Oct. 13, 2026
Mesiwala brings research attorney's eye to 3rd District bench
Justice Shama Mesiwala, a former 3rd District research attorney, has written on prison credits, tribal child welfare and criminal procedure as she seeks a four-year term Nov. 3.
Proposition 57 freed state prison officials from statutory limits on awarding sentence-reducing credits, Justice Shama H. Mesiwala of the 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled. But she also held that the measure did not let officials use those credits to move up parole eligibility for inmates serving indeterminate sentences.
The California Supreme Court is now reviewing that decision as Mesiwala asks voters Nov. 3 for a four-year term.
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