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Senator Roger Niello, the Peace Officers Research Association of California, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, victims’ advocates, victims’ families, prosecutors, and law enforcement leaders joined together to condemn new state regulations that create a pathway toward release for certain prisoners serving long-term sentences, including life without the possibility of parole.
“A change this consequential belongs before the Legislature and the people of California, with victims’ families heard and elected officials held accountable for their votes,” said Senator Roger Niello, Senate Republican Leader-elect. “The state should not use administrative regulations to undermine the finality families were promised when a court imposed life without parole.” Full press release: https://sr06.senate.ca.gov/content/senator-niello-joined-cjlf-porac-and-victims-families-condemn-new-release-pathway-life