Posted on 05/01/2021 6:47:01 PM PDT by bitt
The number includes nearly 20,000 inmates who are serving life sentences with the possibility of parole
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- With little notice, California on Saturday is increasing early release credits for 76,000 inmates, including violent and repeat felons, as it further trims the population of what once was the nation’s largest state correctional system.
More than 63,000 inmates convicted of violent crimes will be eligible for good behavior credits that shorten their sentences by one-third instead of the one-fifth that had been in place since 2017.
More than 10,000 inmates convicted of a second serious but nonviolent offense under the state’s "three strikes" law will be eligible for release after serving half their sentences. That’s an increase from the current time-served credit of one-third of their sentence.
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California is going to stop throwing those taxpayer dollars at stupid things that the taxpayers need, and spend that money on useful things like graft and kickback, payola, and no-show 6 figure jobs for their useless leftie friends.
That 76,000 should provide Gavin Newsom with enough leftist cannon fodder for his re-election campaign.
...most will have to leave California, they can’t afford it. That would make Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon vulnerable for more crime.....
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