Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 9, 2013
Cantil-Sakauye wants to spur three-strikes resentencing
Reacting to a report that 2,000 eligible inmates are still awaiting a hearing, the state Supreme Court chief justice is offering assigned judges.
By Paul Jones
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye is exploring how to expedite the resentencing of convicts eligible for reduced prison terms after the state reformed its three-strikes law last year.
The move comes after a recent report by Stanford University's law school and the NAACP estimated that roughly 2,000 eligible inmates are still waiting for hearings, 800 of them in Los Angeles.
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