qwerty
12-15-2005, 10:32 AM
With 3 Strikes and so many other "to life" terms, this is the position so many of our lifers are now in... serving unofficial LWOP terms only because of Governors' political fears, even though they are otherwise eligible for release.
-Q
EDITORIAL
San Francisco Chronicle
GETTING OUT
When justice and politics collide
Sunday, December 11, 2005 BEYOND THE debate about the death penalty consuming Californians is the less-noticed issue of hundreds of inmates who have met the requirements for parole, but are being kept behind bars on a governor's orders.
Phillip Jay Seiler, locked up in San Quentin State Prison, is an example of an inmate whose bid for freedom has been quashed by the politics of caution.
Full story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/11/EDG5TG18VG1.DTL
-Q
EDITORIAL
San Francisco Chronicle
GETTING OUT
When justice and politics collide
Sunday, December 11, 2005 BEYOND THE debate about the death penalty consuming Californians is the less-noticed issue of hundreds of inmates who have met the requirements for parole, but are being kept behind bars on a governor's orders.
Phillip Jay Seiler, locked up in San Quentin State Prison, is an example of an inmate whose bid for freedom has been quashed by the politics of caution.
Full story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/11/EDG5TG18VG1.DTL