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Criminal,
California Supreme Court

Mar. 19, 2018

State high court petition argues nonviolent third strikers are entitled to parole

By passing over nonviolent third strikers for Proposition 57’s early parole consideration, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is violating the state Constitution, a petition filed in the state Supreme Court argues.

By passing over nonviolent third strikers for Proposition 57's early parole consideration, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is violating the state Constitution, a petition filed in the state Supreme Court argues.

Stanford University Law School's Three Strikes Project filed the habeas corpus petition on behalf of five prisoners serving third strike sentences for nonviolent offenses. Such prisoners are exclu...

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