2023 被监禁25年的重罪犯出狱法案通过，引发争议

重罪可出狱法案通过，引发争议

 

世界日报 ｜2023-09-03        

 

加州参议会拨款委员会（Assembly Appropriations Committee）1日通过SB 94法案，使该法进入下一阶段投票。这项法案允许已在加州监狱系统被监禁25年，或于1994年6月前犯下罪行，被判无期徒刑且不得假释的杀人犯重启司法审查的可能性。

 

若该法最终成为法律，一些重罪犯将可能得到释放，包括杀害执法人员、杀害三人或三人以上罪犯，及犯有某些性犯罪和谋杀者。

 

提出SB 94法案的加州参议员柯特斯（Dave Cortese）

 

Fox电视台报导，提出该法的民主党籍加州参议员柯特斯（Dave Cortese）在社交媒体上发文称，「很高兴我的一些关键法案能在州议会拨款委员会上通过。」SB 94联盟（SB 94 Coalition）的特劳特菲尔德（Daniel Trautfield）表示，SB 94创建一个简单的流程，让被监禁数十年的人，证明自己已经改过自新，有一天可成功返回社区。

 

这项有争议的法案，激怒一些地区检察官和犯罪受害倡议者。橙县地方检察官斯皮策（Todd Spitzer）说，SB 94将让那些历经各种努力才被合法判刑者，得以重新审理案件，让本应死在监狱的人重新释放出狱。

 

加州共和党主席帕特森（Jessica Millan Patterson）在声明中，对民主党控制的议会通过法案感到震惊，「加州民主党人继续向加州人发出讯息，他们宁愿保护杀人犯，也不愿将精力集中在真正的公共安全，保护受害者。」

 

1986年，当年仅6岁的安特罗（Miguel Antero）在拉古拉山（Agoura Hills）被发现死亡。其母亲布兰肖（Ani Bradshaw）担心该法帮助杀害儿子的凶手出狱。「这个凶手、怪物不能被公之于众，以免其他家庭历经这样的痛苦。」

 

然该法支持者强调「没有人被释放」，重审的过程涉及州长办公室、假释委员会和其他严格程序。特劳特菲尔德说，许多妇女因家庭暴力犯下罪行，在上世纪80、70年代，这些情况在法庭上是不被允许的。这也意味着一些女性经过审判后被判处终身监禁，不得假释。

 

California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing

 

Senate Bill 94 would apply to those serving life with parole who committed the crime before June 5, 1990

 

 By Louis Casiano Fox News   September 1, 2023

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A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California's Democratic-led state Legislature. 

The state Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced Senate Bill 94, which now moves to the next phase of voting. The bill would allow California prison inmates serving a sentence of life without parole (LWOP) for certain crimes to petition for re-sentencing if the offense occurred before June 5, 1990, and the completion of at least 25 years of their sentence. 

Those convicted of first-degree murder of a police officer would be exempt. Those who are re-sentenced would have the opportunity to someday go in front of a parole board, which could deny them release. 

 

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State Capitol Aerial view of California Capitol in Sacramento. Lawmakers advanced a bill Friday that would allow killers serving life without parole to petition for re-sentencing.  (Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

In a social media post, state Sen. Dave Cortese, a Democrat who introduced the bill, simply said he was "thrilled that these key bills of mine passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee."

 

Fox News Digital has reached out to Cortese's office. 

"I’d like to say I am shocked Senate Bill 94 passed out of the Democrat-controlled Assembly Appropriations Committee, but I’m not,"Jessica Millan Patterson, chair of the California Republican Party, said in a statement. "California Democrats continue to send a crystal-clear message to all Californians: they would rather protect violent murderers than focus their efforts on true public safety and protecting victims."

 

California state Sen. Dave Cortese, a Democrat, introduced a bill that would allow convicted murders serving life without parole sentences the opportunity to be re-sentenced. (California State Senate)

Assemblyman Bill Essayli, a Republican and former federal prosecutor, said those sentenced for heinous crimes should serve their full prison term, even if that's life without the possibility of parole. 

"Killing two individuals with aggravating circumstances isn't enough to justify a LWOP sentence? Being an accomplice to a mass murderer isn't?," he asked. "Killing a peace officer is sufficiently heinous, but killing a firefighter or other public official isn't?  These exclusions are purely political."

"LWOP sentences are promises to the victim's families that they need never fear the person will be let out of prison," he added. "This will permit a large percentage of LWOP offenders to be re-sentenced to standard first-degree murder and eligible for parole immediately."

Essayli noted that many juries and victim families agree to LWOP because of assurances that the person convicted would never be released. 

"Now here we are trying to let them out," he said. 

SB 94 sailed through the Democratic majority state Senate before moving to the Assembly in May. 

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [e-mail].