The California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, reversed a Monterey County Superior Court order, ruling that the issuance of an Order to Show Cause under Penal Code section 1172.6 mandates a comprehensive evidentiary hearing, rather than a trial court’s circumscribed review to a single issue.
Gennel Miles was released after serving 16 years in prison for a felony murder conviction based on weak testimony, due to California’s felony murder reforms and the efforts of the Felony Murder Resentencing Project.
Prosecutor-initiated resentencing in Alameda County has reduced thousands of years of incarceration and generated tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in projected savings to the State of California, while presenting a low risk to public safety.
Judge Dan Wolk ruled that Greg Zielesch’s first-degree murder conviction could not stand, but a second-degree murder conviction remains valid, as Zielesch aided and abetted in the implied malice murder of California Highway Patrol Officer Andy Stevens.
Gabriel “Snoop” Roberson, who has served decades in prison for a 1994 Antioch shooting, reached a plea agreement overturning his multiple life sentences and making him eligible for release within five years due to California’s evolving juvenile justice reform laws.
California’s “second look” resentencing reforms have resulted in low rates of reoffending and have saved the state money, with long-serving individuals released under these policies having remarkably low recidivism rates.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael V. Jesic resentenced Lyle and Erik Menendez to 50 years to life in prison, making them eligible for parole after 35 years for the murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion.
Attorney Alexandra Cock has uncovered disturbing patterns of official misconduct, evidentiary irregularities, and racial bias in the case of Chief Douglas Stankewitz, who has been in prison for nearly half a century.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has filed a formal opposition to the motion by Erik and Lyle Menendez seeking to recuse his office from their pending resentencing proceedings.
A Superior Court judge has denied the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s request to withdraw a resentencing motion for the Menendez brothers, ensuring that a resentencing hearing will proceed on April 17 and 18.
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