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  • Arnie frees record number of jail 'lifers'

    06/19/2004 8:22:44 AM PDT · by TERMINATTOR · 35 replies · 498+ views
    telegraph.co.uk ^ | 19 June 2004 | Catherine Elsworth
    Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California governor who made his name playing movie tough guys, is under attack for freeing a record number of "lifers" from prison. The governor has granted parole to 34 convicted murderers and kidnappers in his first seven months of office, an astonishing record compared with his predecessor. Democrat Gray Davis, the former governor, freed only eight life sentence prisoners in his four-and-a-half years in office. The Terminator star turned Republican politician believes, however, that "people can reform and be reformed". But his approach has brought criticism from victim support groups. Harriet Salarno, president of Crime Victims United...