CALIFORNIA WILL OFFER PAROLE FOR 4,000 'THREE-STRIKE' PRISONERS FACING LIFE SENTENCES

California will offer parole for 4,000 'three-strike' prisoners facing life sentences
Pacific Standard by Emily Moon
October 19, 2018
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In a reversal of a controversial rule that disproportionately sentenced mentally ill and African-American inmates to life in prison for petty crimes, California will allow all non-violent prisoners under the Three Strikes Act to seek parole.

...Californians launched a decade-long attempt to correct this, starting with Propositions 36, 47, and now 57, which rolled back the Three Strikes Law and sought to solve mass incarceration. The latest ruling, as well as the governor's compliance, marks a success for advocates of criminal justice reform.

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