California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing
A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California's Democratic-led state Legislature.
https://news.yahoo.com/california-dem-led-committee-advances-005604380.html
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They're serious????
California has some insurmountable crime problems at the moment.
See how the Dems react to it all? Let the lifers out!! You go Dems!!
@earl-of-trumps saidThe prisons are too full by far. What can you do?
California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing
A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California's Democratic-led state Legislature.
https://news.yahoo.com/california-dem-led-committee-advances-005 ...[text shortened]... crime problems at the moment.
See how the Dems react to it all? Let the lifers out!! You go Dems!!
@earl-of-trumps saidWhat’s the reasoning behind it?
California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing
A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California's Democratic-led state Legislature.
https://news.yahoo.com/california-dem-led-committee-advances-005 ...[text shortened]... crime problems at the moment.
See how the Dems react to it all? Let the lifers out!! You go Dems!!
@athousandyoung saidFor one, build more prisons. Because for a while, California will need them.
The prisons are too full by far. What can you do?
Next, start *enforcing* the laws. And that includes the state police helping with the organized crime/thefts.
It will take a lot to get crime back to a decent level, kits if time
This doesn't make any sense. There are so many other problems Cali Dems can focus on like finding solutions to the homelessness problem or insane housing costs, yet this is what they waste their time doing.
I'm all for reduced sentences for certain crimes like drug use. But murder? There's so much more Dems should be doing than crap like this.
@vivify saidYes, how many people are in jail for marijuana use? That is like locking up those who drink(which does more harm to society than marijuana use).
This doesn't make any sense. There are so many other problems Cali Dems can focus on like finding solutions to the homelessness problem or insane housing costs, yet this is what they waste their time doing.
I'm all for reduced sentences for certain crimes like drug use. But murder? There's so much more Dems should be doing than crap like this.
@earl-of-trumps saiddems have made prisons a desirable place.
California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing
A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California's Democratic-led state Legislature.
https://news.yahoo.com/california-dem-led-committee-advances-005 ...[text shortened]... crime problems at the moment.
See how the Dems react to it all? Let the lifers out!! You go Dems!!
bring back work gangs, let them earn their keep
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@earl-of-trumps saidA good idea. It would only apply to those convicted of crimes that occurred before 1990 and who have already served 25 years in prison. It would give a judge discretion to release, not automatically grant it.
California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing
A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California's Democratic-led state Legislature.
https://news.yahoo.com/california-dem-led-committee-advances-005 ...[text shortened]... crime problems at the moment.
See how the Dems react to it all? Let the lifers out!! You go Dems!!
Keeping octogenarians in prison makes little sense.
EDIT: Here's the proposed statute: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB94/id/2829048
@earl-of-trumps saidThe "libertarian" wants more prisons!
For one, build more prisons. Because for a while, California will need them.
Next, start *enforcing* the laws. And that includes the state police helping with the organized crime/thefts.
It will take a lot to get crime back to a decent level, kits if time
"The United States leads the world in total number of people incarcerated, with more than 2 million prisoners nationwide (per data released in October 2021 by World Prison Brief). This number is equivalent to roughly 25% of the world's total prison population and leads to an incarceration rate of 629 people per 100,000—the highest rate in the world. The prison populations in each U.S. state vary from one to the next, with the highest rates in Louisiana and Oklahoma. Overall, the incarceration rate in the U.S. has skyrocketed in the past decade—the prison population was a mere 200,000 in 1972, less than a tenth of today's total. However, the current rate is the lowest it has been in 20 years."
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country
@no1marauder saidyou fail to mention a remedy
The "libertarian" wants more prisons!
"The United States leads the world in total number of people incarcerated, with more than 2 million prisoners nationwide (per data released in October 2021 by World Prison Brief). This number is equivalent to roughly 25% of the world's total prison population and leads to an incarceration rate of 629 people per 100,000—the highest ...[text shortened]... in 20 years."
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country
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@mott-the-hoople saidPut less people in prison? Not have such harsh sentences?
you fail to mention a remedy
@no1marauder saidletting them out to kill again is the answer?
A good idea. It would only apply to those convicted of crimes that occurred before 1990 and who have already served 25 years in prison. It would give a judge discretion to release, not automatically grant it.
Keeping octogenarians in prison makes little sense.
EDIT: Here's the proposed statute: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB94/id/2829048
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@mott-the-hoople saidHow many 80 year olds "kill again"?
letting them out to kill again is the answer?
I'm sure you or someone will find an isolated case or two but keeping these people in prison with all the associated costs is senseless.