tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3829840029619790039..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Expanding ranks of Texas lifers part of national trendGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88513766027332520692009-07-23T13:18:25.542-05:002009-07-23T13:18:25.542-05:00Grits:
There was an article about this in the NY T...Grits:<br />There was an article about this in the NY Times today: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/us/23sentence.html.Independent Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800220849565219709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17417019498553567592009-07-23T11:52:18.205-05:002009-07-23T11:52:18.205-05:00Charlie O, I think that's right about the 3-st...Charlie O, I think that's right about the 3-strikes law, which was also emphasized in the SP report.<br /><br />To 11:26 who wrote "If life really meant life" ... except it doesn't. That's a euphemism, a legal term of art not to be confused with LWOP. Under Texas law it means parole eligible (with good time) after thirty years.<br /><br />"the next shoe to drop will be the advancement of a money saving argument"<br /><br />Not necessarily. Especially if those supportive of more incarceration volunteer to have their taxes raised to pay for more prisons. But elected officials in California, at least, believe the public won't accept that choice, so they <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/07/california-will-release-older-inmates.html" rel="nofollow">have to release some of their inmates</a>.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38000379029978445482009-07-23T11:50:21.888-05:002009-07-23T11:50:21.888-05:0011.26 ~ but the law specifically states that those...11.26 ~ but the law specifically states that those inmates serving a life sentence are eligible for parole once they have served half (or it could be 35 or 50 years, I'm not 100% sure). Your elected representitives say that those inmates could be released on parole. <br /><br />The BPP are not accountable to anyone, not even the elected representitives, and as such they decide the fate of those inmates - without being elected by the society they claim to serve.<br /><br />California is approaching a time when the only inmates they have left in prison are the ones doing LWOP. Then where do they start saving money?sunray's wenchhttp://silvaculture.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80070184635121322752009-07-23T11:26:20.534-05:002009-07-23T11:26:20.534-05:00"... it has become increasingly difficult for..."... it has become increasingly difficult for prisoners serving a life sentence to be released on parole?" Well, duh!!! If life really meant life, it should be impossible! <br /><br />I assume the next shoe to drop will be the advancement of a money saving argument in favor of allowing parole eligibilty for LWOP capital murderers who have "aged out." Boy, it sure didn't take long for that camel to move in after he got his nose under the tent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44747157361264356532009-07-23T11:21:45.326-05:002009-07-23T11:21:45.326-05:00I believe California's large lifer population ...I believe California's large lifer population is due to the rather stupid and ill thought out (fiscally) "three-strikes" law. "Get tough" politicians never tell the electorate the financial consequences of such legislation and policies.Charlie Onoreply@blogger.com