From the Los Angeles Times
California Briefing
December 19, 2008
SACRAMENTO
Homeless sex offenders on parole jumps sharply
The number of homeless sex offenders on parole in California has increased dramatically since the approval two years ago of Proposition 83, an initiative that imposed harsh restrictions on where they can live, a state panel reported Thursday.
The [...]
FresnoBee.com: Local: 1976 Chowchilla bus hijacker OK’d for parole
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11:47 AM Wed, Oct 01, 2008 Diane Jennings, The Dallas Morning News Crime Blog http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/
Disturbing death penalty case–disturbing on many fronts–out of California. Darryl Kemp, 72, is on trial for a 1978 rape and murder. According to the Contra Costa Times, Mr. Kemp, who was connected to the cold case through DNA, is on trial, [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008 (AP)
Court rules governor wrongly denied killer parole
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer
(08-21) 18:33 PDT San Francisco, CA (AP) –
A divided state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was wrong to deny parole to a murderer who was a model prisoner during the more than 23 years she [...]
By Shane Goldmacher - sgoldmacher@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, June 26, 2008
Senate Democrats blocked two appointees to the state’s parole board and voted to confirm two others on Wednesday, continuing to battle with the Schwarzenegger administration over the shape of the prison panel.
Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, has complained that [...]
Shane Goldmacher,
Bee Capitol Bureau
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, June 19, 2008
After listening to two and a half hours of passionate debate, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata postponed a vote on four appointees to the state’s parole board Wednesday.
Perata has been critical of the parole board and its composition, particularly the predominance [...]
By Andy Furillo - afurillo@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, May 4, 2008
California corrections officials are again diverting thousands of parole violators into community programs instead of sending them to prison, hoping this time the experiment doesn’t fail.
Since August, the prison population has steadily declined as the state pours millions of dollars into community programs like [...]