{"id":5171,"date":"2023-09-02T07:08:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2023-09-02T07:08:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:08:14","slug":"california-dem-led-committee-advances-bill-to-let-killers-serving-life-without-parole-request-re-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/02\/california-dem-led-committee-advances-bill-to-let-killers-serving-life-without-parole-request-re-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Judge Adam Levy says Americans have \u2018lost faith\u2019 in the U.S. court system, want to see justice<\/a><\/h4>\n

Levy and the rest of the judges from \u2018Tribunal Justice\u2019 discuss why audiences are obsessed with reality court dramas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California’s Democratic-led state Legislature<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The state Assembly Appropriations\u00a0Committee advanced Senate Bill 94, which now moves to the next phase of voting. The bill would allow California prison inmates serving a sentence of life without parole<\/a> (LWOP) for certain crimes to petition for re-sentencing if the offense occurred before June 5, 1990, and the completion of at least 25 years of their sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those convicted of first-degree murder of a police officer would be exempt. Those who are re-sentenced would have the opportunity to someday go in front of a parole board, which could deny them release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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State Capitol Aerial view of California Capitol in Sacramento. Lawmakers advanced a bill Friday that would allow killers serving life without parole to petition for re-sentencing.\u00a0<\/span> (Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a social media post, state Sen. Dave Cortese, a Democrat who introduced the bill, simply said he was “thrilled that these key bills of mine passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee.”<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Cortese’s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I\u2019d like to say I am shocked Senate Bill 94<\/a> passed out of the Democrat-controlled Assembly Appropriations Committee, but I\u2019m not,”Jessica Millan Patterson, chair of the California Republican Party, said in a statement. “California Democrats continue to send a crystal-clear message to all Californians: they would rather protect violent murderers than focus their efforts on true public safety and protecting victims.”<\/p>\n

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California state Sen. Dave Cortese, a Democrat, introduced a bill that would allow convicted murders serving life without parole sentences the opportunity to be re-sentenced.<\/span> (California State Senate)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Assemblyman Bill Essayli, a Republican and former federal prosecutor, said those sentenced for heinous crimes should serve their full prison term, even if that’s life without the possibility of parole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Killing two individuals with aggravating circumstances isn’t enough to justify a LWOP sentence?\u00a0Being an accomplice to a mass murderer isn’t?,”\u00a0he asked. “Killing a peace officer is sufficiently heinous, but killing a firefighter or other public official isn’t?\u00a0 These exclusions are purely political.”<\/p>\n

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“LWOP sentences are promises to the victim’s families that they need never fear the person will be let out of prison,”\u00a0he added. “This will permit a large percentage of LWOP offenders to be re-sentenced to standard first-degree murder and eligible for parole immediately.”<\/p>\n

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Essayli noted that many juries and victim families agree to LWOP because of assurances that the person convicted would never be released.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Now here we are trying to let them out,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SB 94 sailed through the Democratic majority state Senate before moving to the Assembly in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to\u00a0<\/i>louis.casiano@fox.com<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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