Friday, October 12, 2012

Law lets juveniles appeal life sentences - SFGate

Law lets juveniles appeal life sentences - SFGate ~` Prisoners sentenced to a lifetime behind bars for crimes committed as juveniles will soon be able to appeal to the courts for shorter prison terms under a much-debated bill signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Also Sunday, Brown vetoed a number of bills, including one that would have given nannies, housekeepers and other domestic employees overtime pay, two that offered farmworkers more protection from abusive employers, and another that would have prevented people convicted of low-level crimes from being deported. All three were supported by advocates for the state's growing Latino community.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Law-lets-juveniles-appeal-life-sentences-3907038.php#ixzz2983yEzGw

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