By: Gerald

Gerald — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:27:06 +0000

As is the case with most appellate decisions, the Court only directly addressed the specific issue before it, namely that the inmate shouldn’t be barred from CONSIDERATION for early parole because of a PREVIOUS conviction requiring sex offender registration. It is still up to the parole board to decide if he should be granted early parole. One of the Justices wrote that, in their opinion, the DOC does have the authority to bar those whose current conviction requires registration from consideration for early parole. Looks like all of their reasoning involves application of specific California statutes only. Most reasonable people believe that three strikes laws such as California’s are objectionable in the first place. In Michigan (where I live) the parole board used to treat inmates convicted of CSC differently than others up for parole, until the MDOC actually performed a recidivism study that proved paroled sex offenders were highly unlikely to re-offend. Wouldn’t it be nice if all laws were based on facts rather than phony propaganda.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:21:48 +0000

Another judicial sleight-of-hand to legalize discrimination against registrants. Looks fine on paper, but the reality is that they’ll deny parole on him anyway. They’ll just find a more palatable reason for denial, like history of recidivism, without mentioning his registerable offense(s).

Comments on: CA Court: Rule Barring Sex Offenders From Early Parole Invalid

By: Gerald

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