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California Appeals Court Says Prop. 57 Doesn’t Require In-Person Parole Hearings

Loaded on Sept. 1, 2022 by Kevin Bliss published in Prison Legal News September, 2022, page 46
Filed under: Video-Conferencing, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release. Location: California.

by Kevin W. Bliss

On March 28, 2022, the California Court of Appeals for the Third Appellate District ruled that a new “paper review” process for parole consideration did not violate the equal protection or due process rights of state prisoners affected by it.

After a federal district court ordered ...

 

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