California legislators to consider changing life without conditional release

For prisoners in California who have committed crimes when they were young and received life sentences without conditional release, there are few opportunities to get a second chance. The possibility of reviewing conditional release is low, while the likelihood of dying behind bars is almost guaranteed.

But a bill – which the legislature has to consider by 2026 – can change this if it passesS

Calm Joe Garcia Explains, State Senis. Susan BlonBill would Bill Open conditional release for some prisoners By serving life sentences without conditional release for crimes they committed when they were 25 or higher. The person should serve at least 25 years of his sentence, and the admissibility of conditional release does not guarantee release, according to the democrat of the Western Coven.

If signed by the law, the measure can help Nathan be entitled to conditional release. He is one of more than 5,000 prisoners in California, serving life without conditional release. Gould addressed the murder he committed at Bakersfield in 1994. Since then, he has joined for self -help groups, rehabilitation programs and is about to win his third degree as an associate.

• Gould: “Definitely gives me light. There is hope. Now I will have a goal. I would have an end.”

Jennifer Shafer, who has been the CEO of the Conditional Release Council for 13 years, supports the bill. Although she admits that hearing for conditional release can alternate the victims of crimes, giving people a chance to show that they were rehabilitated is “important to humanity.”

• Slow: “Hope can be really powerful – and the lack of hope can be very dangerous.”

But critics of the bill remain unconvinated, including the leader of the GOP Senate Brian Jones of San Diego, who spoke in opposition during a vote on the Senate floor in June.

• Jones: “The bill not only eliminates the finality of the sentences in our justice system, but gives priority to the well -being of the killer over that of the survivors of the victims.”

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Two updates on court cases against President Donald Trump’s administration:

• Planned parenting: California General Prosecutor Rob Bonta said on Tuesday that the state is suing the administration about its policy for banning planned parenting clinics to receive Medicaid federal payments. California clinics for planned parenting in California Stand to lose about $ 300 million Of the new rule, five clinics in the state are already closed. The trial continued as a federal judge who issued a preliminary order last week, restoring federal funding for some clinics, expanded its decision to defend itself on Monday All Planned parenting clinics from protection. Read more by Calmatters’ ChristenS

• Sensitive SNAP data: Arguing that the Federal Administration is aimed at immigrant communities, California joins 18 other states to judge the administration for its requirement to convey sensitive information about recipients of federal food vouchers. If countries do not provide information to this day, they run the risk of losing federal funding to administer the food printing program known as Calfresh in California. The state receives $ 1.3 billion a year in federal funding for Calfresh. About 5 million California residents, or 13% of the population, rely on help. Read more by Calmatters’ Wendy Fry and Mikhail ZinshteynS

State legislators are considering a bill that would make California the first in the country yes ban one of the most popular pistolswrites Calmatters’ Ryan SabalowS

The measure would disable the sale of new Glock-Brand pistolsS These semi-automatic pistols can become fully automatic weapons-which are already illegal under state and federal laws, except for the holders of special permits-if you illegally place a converter in the gun. These converters can be created illegally using a 3D printer.

Proponents of the bill say it is aimed at a narrow type of gun, which is becoming increasingly popular in violent crimes. California and more than two dozen other states are already banning converters, but no country has yet banned the gun.

Defenders of weapons claim that the bill will set a precedent for more restrictions on semi -automatic pistols. More than 1 million Glocks are in circulation in California and only a small part, they say that the defenders are illegally modified.

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Throughout the country, the current slow housing market is marked by stagnant sales, stagnant interest rates and a decline in the new lists. But this track is especially sharp in California. Find out why by Calmatters’ Ben ChristopherS