Posted on 04/17/2023 11:00:28 AM PDT by John Semmens
Legislation (Senate Bill 94) authored by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Santa Clara) would allow murderers sentenced to death or life without parole (LWOP) for killings committed before June 5, 1990 to receive a lesser sentence. An example of the type of murderer eligible for this leniency is Tiequon Cox. In 1984, Cox went to the wrong address to carry out a gang revenge murder and ended up killing a mother, daughter, and two grandchildren. While on death row, Cox stabbed another death row inmate and attempted to escape.
Cortese was undaunted by the cruelty of crimes like the ones Cox perpetrated, saying "this all happened long ago while he was very young. He made an honest mistake. Living in the high-crime neighborhood where his victims were killed, there is a good possibility that by now they would've likely been killed by others had Cox not already done the job. It is unfair for him to be so harshly treated for something that probably would've occurred anyway. These types of facts need to be taken into consideration as mitigating factors that should allow Cox and those convicted of similar crimes to get out of prison and have a second chance at freedom."
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, Alameda County DA Pamela Price and California Attorney General Rob Bonta all support SB94. Bonta said "I think 15 to 20 years in prison is a sufficiently severe punishment for young murderers who killed multiple victims or killed in concert with a rape, robbery, kidnapping or torture. The impulsive crimes of immature youth ought not be allowed to destroy that youngster's entire life. Being merciful to the merciless is a powerful message of forgiveness that has to inspire better behavior than a lifetime behind bars."
Evidence that normal people do not support this crazy "prison reform" was provided by US Census Bureau data showing that 90,704 people moved out of Los Angeles County, 15,650 out of Santa Clara County, and 14,840 out of Alameda County between 2021 and 2022.
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If they are even arrested.
No Big Deal!
Our communist masters know that the pathetically servile and indolent Aamerican people will just continue to roll over and spread their collective cheeks...
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