Criminal
May 22, 2004
Appeals Court's Ruling Could Open Door to Hope for Lifers
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The 9th Circuit's recent decision in Ramirez v. Castro, 2004 DJDAR 5048 (9th Cir. April 27, 2004), offers new hope to those serving life sentences for minor crimes under California's three-strikes law.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
By Erwin Chemerinsky
The 9th Circuit's...
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