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California Supreme Court Ignores Statutory Language to Reduce Lifers' "Expectation" of Parole to Only a "Hope"
In a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court interpreted California's lifer parole statute (Penal Code § 3041) so as to ignore the Legislature's mandate to "normally set a parole release date" at the initial parole hearing. Instead, reversing its three-year-old stance in In re Rosenkrantz, 29 Cal.4th 616 (2002), which ...
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