A Los Angeles-based nonprofit is claiming California prison officials have undermined last fall’s ballot measure to overhaul the state’s parole process by excluding sex offenders from consideration for early release.
The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws, which advocates for the rights of those convicted of sex crimes and their families, says the exemption — written into newly released guidelines to implement Proposition 57 — “impermissibly restricts and impairs the scope” of the initiative. Full Article
We VOTED for that here since it was inclusive according to the Ballot and Official Ballot. ALL Parolees, NOT exclusions was the way it was written. So…they feel that SO’s in the system cannot behave and follow the rules and get Good Behavior Time that has been around for Decades here? Really? NOW wanting to leave that portion of offenders incarcerated and what do the SO’s get for having good behaviour, a slap in the face and NO Early Release nor ANYTHING for following the rules and doing good time? Not fair and glad this Org is suing the State for unequal treatment when the Voters of Cali were voting for ALL incarcerated not portions. AND Thanks be to Janice for airing on the Pasadena radio show for the short very brief and two angry males against the fairness w/o the full knowledge of all offenders to exclude them from getting /Good Time. and for the text going out for reminders and for AirTalk airing her and covering a controversial subject.