Posted on 09/13/2019 7:51:10 PM PDT by Mariner
Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting the sentences of 21 violent offenders incarcerated in California prisons, including four men who have convictions related to homicides in Sacramento County, the governor’s office announced Friday.
Jacoby Felix, Crystal Jones, Andrew Crater and Luis Alberto Velez were convicted of separate murders in the 1990s. All four, now granted commutations by Newsom, were convicted in Sacramento County and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The clemency action was announced Friday in a statement from the governor’s office, which describes the crimes committed by those four men and 17 other state prisoners, and explains the reasoning for commuting their sentences.
“The Governor carefully reviewed each application and considered a number of factors, including the circumstances of the crime and the sentence imposed, the applicant’s conduct while in prison and the applicant’s self-development efforts since the offense, including whether they have made use of available rehabilitative programs and addressed treatment needs,” a statement from Newsom’s office said.
Youth offender status was another important factor considered, with 15 of the 21 total commutations involving inmates convicted before the age of 26. The four Sacramento County grantees were all between ages 18 and 26 at the time of their crimes.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Here's hoping one day he'll hang for it.
a crime against the people, but not a crime he can be charged with.
“including the circumstances of the crime”
Simply put — they each murdered a human being.
It’s crazy it’s just crazy
From the article:
Velez has served more than 28 years of his sentence for killing an armed guard during a robbery in 1991. Velez was 26 at the time.
Felix, 18 at the time of his crime, fatally shot a man in 1993 during a carjacking, and has served 26 years.
Jones has served nearly 20 years for a 1999 drug-related murder.
California voters are really not very bright, are they???
Tough on guns (& law abiding citizens) ....not so much on criminals who kill people with them.
They were all originally sentenced to life without parole by a jury of their peers.
Their guilt was never in dispute.
Air tight cases.
Once they are on the street, I hope they stay in California.
“California voters are really not very bright, are they???”
All of them?
We have a Governor suffering of megalomania. The man is a megalomaniac of the highest order. He is a danger to all of California, perhaps the entire country, and should be recalled ASAP.
This action by Newsom is a good example of why quickly administered death sentences need to become the norm.
Somehow I doubt the victims would approve!
There must be an awful lot of empty heads who vote in those crazy Dems and put up with what all goes on there..
The direction things are going, I would not count on it.
They need to join the Governor’s campaign staff, maybe hang out with his family too.
Air tight case meets politician’s leaking noggin...
Has Vegas started betting pools on how long these clemency recipients go before being arrested for another violent crime?
And when they do can the Governor be charged as an accessory?
And this is why you have a death penalty. No bleeding heart is letting Ted Bundy loose. Death without the possibility of Newsome.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.