August 26, 2011
“Legislature shies away from criminal justice reform”
If yesterday's news is any indication, the legislature is not looking to make any big leaps towards reversing California's tough sentencing laws any time soon. Two reform bills met their end (or at least major roadblocks) yesterday: Senator Loni Hancock's effort to end the death penalty, and Senator Leland Yee's ongoing attempt to allow the possibility of parole to inmates who were sentenced to life in prison as children.
In a statement, Hancock said she withdrew her bill, which would have been a first step towards ending the death penalty in California, because “the votes were not there...”
LINK - KALWNews.org
