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In CA, people can be sentenced to death or life without parole aka “death by incarceration” because of a mandatory special circumstance law from the 1970’s. This mandatory LWOP sentence does not allow a judge to justly review a person's ability to rehabilitate.
A prosecuting attorney decides whether to charge an individual with a special circumstance. Before 1990, judges had the ability to exercise their discretion to determine if a special circumstance enhancement was appropriate or necessary to the case.
Since 1990, judges have lost that ability. #SB481 returns that authority. #SB481 provides the opportunity for a hearing & a court decision about whether to strike or dismiss a special circumstances finding...
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