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California U.S. District Court Holds that Prop. 9 Does Not Supersede Previously-Issued Injunction Regarding Parole Revocation Procedures
Loaded on July 15, 2012
by John Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2012, page 20
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings),
Confrontation,
Prompt Hearings,
Counsel,
Parole.
Location:
California.
Senior U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence K. Karlton has upheld a 2004 injunction that conflicts with the parole revocation provisions of California’s so-called Victims’ Bill of Rights, also known as Marsy’s Law. Marsy’s Law, enacted in 2008 as Proposition 9, a ballot initiative, granted entitlements to ...
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