Some of the worst California murderers and rapists could get out of prison under a proposed law that would create a resentencing process for certain convicts.
Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell calls out Los Angeles County for pushing a new proposal to lower jail population.let some of the state's worst criminals, murderers and serial rapists walk out of prison despite sentences of death or life without parole.
"This bill would authorize an individual sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a conviction in which one or more special circumstances were found to be true to petition for recall and resentencing if the offense occurred before June 5, 1990, and the individual has served at least 20 years in custody," the legislation reads.
It's part of an incremental push to empty the state's prisons, he said, which first began with opposition to the death penalty and has expanded over the past decade.
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