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Ninth Circuit: California Governor’s Reversal Of Lifer’s Parole Violates Due Process Absent Some Evidence Of Current Dangerousness

by John E. Dannenberg

In a major victory for California lifers, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a second-degree murderer who had done 27 years on a 15-life sentence was denied federal due process when the Governor reversed the Board Of Prison Terms’ (Board) grant of parole. ...

 

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