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California Lifer’s Governor-Parole-Reversal Tossed by State Court
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2008
by Marvin Mentor
California Lifer's Governor-Parole-Reversal Tossed by State Courtby Marvin Mentor
A decision by Governor Schwarzenegger to reverse the Board of Parole Hearing's (BPH) grant of parole to an infirm, 82-year-old lifer was itself reversed by the California Court of Appeal. The Second Appellate District found that there was not "some …
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