Shooting suspect identified, AB-109 fails
By Gar Swaffar, Sonora Political Buzz Examiner AB-109, California's Probation Department alternative sentencing program, AKA California prisoner catch and release program had its first major failure yesterday. Recently, Kevin Charles Duey was released from prison where he was serving time for the non-violent offense of drunk driving. Today, Kevin Duey has assumed room temperature at ...
AB 109 DECEPTION: Is the state dumping dangerous offenders at our doorstep?
Written by Alexander MacLean The Union Democrat February 17, 2012 01:29 pm Probation and law enforcement officials say many of the supposedly “non-violent, non-serious and non-sex offenders” recently transferred to California counties under the state’s “prison realignment” plan are nothing of the sort. While the inmates’ current convictions generally fit that description, past ...Emmerson bill targets early prison release
Published: Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:07 AM CST Senator Bill Emmerson, R – Hemet, announced today that he introduced Senate Bill 1441, a public safety measure that would ensure that serious felons who have lengthy sentences must serve their time in our state prisons rather than county jails. “Unfortunately, the Governor and the majority party ...
Calif. lawsuit seeks to restore prisoners’ votes
Bob Egelko Thursday, March 8, 2012 Tens of thousands of low-level felons sentenced to county custody or supervision under Gov. Jerry Brown's "realignment" of California's penal system should keep their voting rights, advocates argued Wednesday in a suit against the state's top elections official. The lawsuit, filed in a state appellate court in San Francisco, ...