15 Replies to “O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas”

  1. So much for the liberal progressive Democrat promise that life without parole will keep them incarcerated forever.

  2. The same politicians who are all on board with the “Stop California’s Gun Violence Epidemic” yet want parole for death row psychopaths.
    How does that make any sense???

  3. For years and years the left has insisted that the death penalty isn’t a deterrent to murder. So … once a dull-witted public has bought into THAT idea, it’s a short jump to claim jail time is no deterrent either. So … here we are … murder someone? Murder some random white family on the freeway? No problem … get out of jail free … because jail time is racist or something … and won’t deter criminals from doing it … WAIT … if they’re in jail, they can’t murder any innocent citizens anymore. Nevermind … let all those black and brown people out of jail.

    TBH … the SF Bay Area is starting to feel like a South Africa slum … random killings everywhere.

  4. I’m not horrified by this, for a couple of reasons:

    1. It basically means that past life sentences will be reconsidered in the light of more recent sentencing guidelines and statutes. Thus it isn’t any worse than someone getting sentenced today.

    2. It only applies to those convicted before June 1990, which means that (a) those who qualify to be reconsidered have likely spent more than 32 years behind bars, and (b) the number of people who qualify for reconsideration will quickly diminish with time.

    3. It does not automatically release those whose crimes were truly horrific.

    1. The only problem with your rationalization? Nothing will be adjudicated. No murderer will have his case heard … that will cause too much delay, and government cost … so the government will simply issue blanket amnesty to all life sentences and release em all.

      1. 1. It’s not “rationalization”. It’s an explanation.
        2. The government is NOT free to alter sentences unilaterally. The prisoners’ attornies must petition the courts, and a judicial ruling is then required.

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