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Civil Litigation,
Criminal

Feb. 9, 2018

Judge’s ruling may clear sex offenders for early release under Prop. 57

In a tentative ruling issued Thursday afternoon, a judge has thrown out Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation regulations that exclude sex offenders from early release under Proposition 57.

Judge’s ruling may clear sex offenders for early release under Prop. 57
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Allen J. Sumner

SACRAMENTO -- In a tentative ruling issued Thursday afternoon, a judge has thrown out Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation regulations that exclude sex offenders from early release under Proposition 57.

However, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Allen H. Sumner stopped short of ordering the corrections department to adopt the current definition of a "violent felony" in the state's penal code. The agency will now be force...

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