Criminal,
California Supreme Court
Dec. 31, 2018
Few clues to state high court’s crackdown on governor’s clemency grants
What is clear is that justices are divided by the extent of the governor’s authority and its own role in curbing that power.
Gov. Jerry Brown in Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 5, 2017
Details are scarce concerning why the state Supreme Court has declined to recommend 10 recent clemency requests granted by the governor, but what is clear is justices are divided by the extent of the governor's authority and its own role in curbing that power.
"They seem to agree on the theory of how to approach these matters, but there's disagreement about how to implement that theory in particular cases," said David S. Ettinger, of...
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