Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, and to the prosecuting agency, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria, at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to hold a hearing if the courtfinds that the defendants statement is true, as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, as specified. This bill would incorporate amendments to Section 1170 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 2263, contingent on the prior enactment of that bill. »Less
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, and to the prosecuting agency, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria, at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to hold a hearing if the courtfinds that the defendants statement is true, as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, as specified. This bill would incorporate amendments to Section 1170 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 2263, contingent on the prior enactment of that bill. »Less
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, and to the prosecuting agency, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria, at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to hold a hearing if the courtfinds that the defendants statement is true, as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, as specified. This bill would incorporate amendments to Section 1170 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 2263, contingent on the prior enactment of that bill. »Less
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, and to the prosecuting agency, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria, at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to hold a hearing if the courtfinds that the defendants statement is true, as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, as specified. »Less
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, and to the prosecuting agency, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria , at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct ahearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to hold a hearing if the court finds that the defendants statement is true , as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, as specified. »Less
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to make findings within 90 days of submission of the petition, and to hold a hearing if the court finds that the criteria are met, as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, asspecified. »Less
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to make findings within 90 days of submission of the petition, and to hold a hearing if the court finds that the criteria are met, as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, asspecified. »Less
May 5, 2009
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to make findings within 90 days of submission of the petition, and to hold a hearing if the court finds that the criteria are met, as specified . The bill would apply retroactively, as specified. »Less
May 1, 2009
Set for hearing May 11.
April 30, 2009
Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
April 29, 2009
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would establish criteria to be used by the secretary or the board for determining if a prisoners sentence should be recommended for recall and resentencing when the prisoner was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole. The bill would apply retroactively, as specified. »Less
April 28, 2009
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would establish criteria to be used by the secretary or the board for determining if a prisoners sentence should be recommended for recall and resentencing when the prisoner was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense forwhich the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole. The bill would apply retroactively , as specified . »Less
April 24, 2009
Set for hearing May 4.
April 23, 2009
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
April 17, 2009
Set for hearing April 27.
April 15, 2009
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 480.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may ... »More
Digest: Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings or both may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoners sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoners sentence. This bill would establish criteria to be used by the secretary or the board for determining if a prisoners sentence should be recalled when the defendant was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the defendant was sentenced to life without parole. The bill would establish a procedure for reviewing those sentences and would apply retroactively. »Less
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Second chance for teen convicts Inland Daily Bulletin, Sept. 25, 2010
>Second chance for teen convictsMediha Fejzagic DiMartino, Staff WriterCreated: 09/25/2010 04:35:04 PM PDT var requestedWidth = 0; if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } POMONA - Dressed in a slick dark suit and sporting a bright red ...
Opinions > A lack of courage > Lawmakers wimp out on chance to give imprisoned children hope. News & Review - Chico, Sept. 9, 2010
... lative session, none was more central to our notion of what it means to be a civilized society than SB 399, by Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco). Yee's measure sought to address the issue of children sentenced as adults to life without possibility of parole—that is, sentence ...
Teen's 84-year sentence overturned by court San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 2, 2010
... urders committed at ages 16 or 17. Those youths would have been covered by Sen. Leland Yee's bill, SB399, which was defeated in the Assembly in the final legislative session of the year Tuesday. It would have allowed juveniles serving life without parole for murder to ask a jud ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials Sacramento Bee, Sept. 1, 2010
... away at the last minute. At least six legislators who began the hourlong voting session in favor of SB 399 ultimately changed their position and abstained or voted no: Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), Charles Calderon (D-Montebello), Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto), V. Manuel Perez (D-Coa ...
End-of-session notebook: Observations on deadlines, political power and clock-watching* Capitol Weekly, Sept. 2, 2010
... t the very least, it doesn't necessarily mean that you get what you want.
Just look at the case of SB 399.
The bill, by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would have established a system for teenagers who are sentenced to life without parole to petition for their release. The ...
Bailing out on youthful offenders Los Angeles Times - Editorial, Sept. 1, 2010
... away at the last minute. At least six legislators who began the hourlong voting session in favor of SB 399 ultimately changed their position and abstained or voted no: Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), Charles Calderon (D-Montebello), Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto), V. Manuel Perez (D-Coa ...
Senate rejects bill to allow changes in life prison terms Sacramento Bee, Aug. 26, 2010
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Capitol Digest: Three bills attacking state tax loopholes are headed to Schwarzenegger's desk Sacramento Bee, Aug. 26, 2010
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Assembly rejects bill to aid juvenile lifers Sacramento Bee - Capitol Alert, Aug. 25, 2010
August 25, 2010 Assembly rejects bill to aid juvenile lifers A volatile election year was probably the wrong time to propose a bill that would allow prison inmates sentenced to life terms without possibility of parole to petition for sentence modification. Senate Bill 399 by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would have allowed lifers who were under 18 when convicted to petition for ...
Assembly Spikes The Concept of Rehabilitating Children Calitics - Calitics weblog, Aug. 24, 2010
... arshest prisons against minors under the age of 18. Not in California, as the Assembly killed SB 399 that would have allowed courts to review the sentences of minors 15 years after the crime.
Today, the State of California failed to join the rest of the world in ending life ...
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