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On September 16, 2013, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 260, a measure that allows inmates whose crimes were committed as minors to appear before the Board of Parole Hearings to demonstrate their suitability for release after serving at least 15 years of their sentence. The law will affect more than…
SB 260 - Youthful Offender Parole Hearing - Passes the Assembly Floor Senate Bill 260, authored by Senator Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley), passed the Assembly floor with a vote of 51-21. SB 260 requires the Board of Parole Hearings to conduct a youth offender parole hearing to consider release of offenders…
This past Saturday, the Post-Conviction Justice Project and UnCommon Law, a non-profit legal services provider in Oakland, California that specializes in challenging unlawful prison conditions including the parole consideration process for lifers, hosted the second annual “Lifer School” at the USC Gould School of Law. Over the course of the…
Third-year clinical students Ryan Appleby and Jackson Trugman, along with supervising attorney Heidi Rummel, recently presented a three-part lecture on California Parole Law and Lifer Hearings to members of Kid C.A.T. and their guests at San Quentin Prison. Kid C.A.T., which stands for Creating Awareness Together, is a group of…
On Thursday, January 31, 2013, second-year PCJP student Julia Deixler filed an official request with Governor Brown to release Glenda Jo Virgil, 66, who has served 25 years for killing her physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive partner who, after beating Ms. Virgil for several hours, threatened to kill her to…
Gary “Malachi” Scott has been incarcerated his entire adult life. Despite this, he has matured into a thoughtful, kind, and talented adult. On December 27, 2012, the Board of Parole hearing found him suitable for parole. Governor Brown will make his final decision May 2013. Malachi was born in South…
Sheryl Gordon McCloud, USC Class of 1984 and alumnus of the Post-Conviction Justice Project, was elected to the Washington State Supreme Court on November 6, 2012. For over two decades, Justice McCloud has been a criminal defense attorney with an active appellate practice -- including hundreds of arguments before the…
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