Criminal
Feb. 24, 2016
Convicted murderers will face more hurdles getting parole, court rules
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the legality of two California voter-approved propositions that aim to make it harder for inmates convicted of murder to get parole.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the legality of two California voter-approved propositions that aim to make it harder for inmates convicted of murder to get parole.
A three-judge panel unanimously reversed now-deceased U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton who had found that the two laws in question - Proposition 89 from 1988 and Proposition 9 from 2008 - violated the ex p...
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