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Correctional Officers and Parole Agents are sworn Peace Officers per California Penal code sections 830.5, as their primary duties are to provide public safety and correctional services in and outside of state prison grounds, state-operated medical facilities, and camps while engaged in the performance of their duties.
If a person is convicted of capital murder in California, that person may face a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the death penalty. [11] A person convicted of first-degree murder will face a sentence of 25 years-to-life in prison, and thus must serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole. [11]
The Uniform Determinate Sentencing Act of 1976 was a bill signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown to changes sentencing requirements in the California Penal Code.The act converted most sentences from an "indeterminate" sentence length at the discretion of the parole board to a "determinate" sentence length specified by the state legislature.
For those under 21 sentenced after that date, their revised sentence will be life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 to 30 years. The cases will be decided at a re-sentencing ...
A bill before the California Legislature would allow murderous felons — those serving life without parole — to petition for early release if they have been in prison for at least 25 years.
Life without parole (eligible for commutation by governor provided there is a unanimous recommendation by the Board of Pardons) First Degree Murder if the defendant was under 15 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 25 years) First Degree Murder if the defendant was under 15-17 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 35 years)
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The life sentences were not served consecutively (back to back) but the multiple periods of parole ineligibility led to a similar result. The longest period of parole ineligibility was 75 years, handed out to four offenders: Justin Bourque (later reduced to 25 years), John Paul Ostamas, Douglas Garland and Derek Saretzky.