Based at @StanfordLaw to help free prisoners serving the longest and most unfair sentences in the country. Instagram: threestrikesproject
Stanford, California
Joined December 2010
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An unexpected text from one of our recently-released clients this evening..
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CA Penal Code Committee: "Violent crime has declined across California in the first three months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022."
(Based on newly-released data compiled by the Major Cities Chiefs Association)
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Join us for "Resentencing Under California Penal Code Section 1172.1", an exciting webinar featuring @MilenaBlake , staff attorney at Stanford Law School's @3strikesproject.
➡ Register here: publish.buffer.com/profile/5… #CriminalLaw #CALawyers #MCLE #CLAwebinar
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One of the biggest injustices I know of was corrected this morning when Alejandra walked out of old Folsom Prison after serving 25+ yrs of a life sentence she received after turning herself in for breaking a church window in Los Angeles in 1997.
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Five yrs ago we published a report on the increasing prevalence of mental illness in CA state prisons. Since then, the percentage of ppl diagnosed with serious mental health issues has continued to increase.
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Very proud to be part of The Second Look Network at @SentencingProj.
If you’re in the business of getting ppl out of prison, check it out & join here:
sentencingproject.org/advoca…
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Milena Blake, an attorney for SLS' @3strikesproject was mentioned in an article by the @latimes on how "Newsom told 123 California prisoners they could get out early. Many remain behind bars."
stanford.io/3xszWDY
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#StanfordLawMag looks back on a decade of work by @3strikesproject, led by Michael Romano, JD '03. stanford.io/3ZImEjx
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My client was sent to solitary confinement ‘for her own safety.’
I asked officials for more explanation.
‘Sure,’ they said, ‘just get a release from your client.’
I mailed client the form.
Client received the form but can’t sign it bc guards won’t provide a pen in solitary.
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So many people to thank & congratulate, including advocates, Committee attorneys, @NancySkinnerCA, and of course the bill authors and their staffs:
@JoshBeckerSV (SB 1223)
@Ash_Kalra (AB 256, 2167, 2418)
@laurafriedman43 (AB 2746)
THANK YOU ALL!
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This is a great project & I wish them well. @3strikesproject gets so many letters that, I regret to say, we don’t have enough staff to even open them all.
After @emilybazelon’s front page @NYTmag story about Yutico Briley came out last year, she started to received a bunch of mail from prisoners, and sometimes their advocates, asking for help. nyti.ms/3QcIxS7
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Met a client for the first time today. He’s served 15 yrs so far for purse-snatching. He has dementia and heart failure and reads at a 2nd grade level. He can’t remember how long he’s been in prison or what his sentence actually is.
It’s 79-yrs-to-life.
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"One of the confounding issues is that, according to the most recent available data, crime rates are actually on the
decline in California, and have been for many years," says @3strikesproject's @mromano via @USATODAY: stanford.io/3uVkYpn
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One of our clients—sentenced to die in prison. He was given a new chance and now drives trucks for a living. He just saw snow for the very first time in his life.
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We can improve public safety & reduce prison populations at the same time.
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Want to reduce incarceration & improve public safety at the same time?
Independent study: those who spent 9+mos or in MCRP transition program—in lieu of incarceration—had 90% fewer new arrests compared to control group who spent that time behind bars.
cdcr.ca.gov/rehabilitation/m…
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Polly Klaas’ sisters speak out against 3 strikes laws & the wave of mass incarceration that followed their sister’s infamous murder..
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Proud to file this brief—along w one of my heroes Erwin Chemerinsky—on behalf of prosecutors nationwide supporting @GeorgeGascon.
Including: @DADianaBecton, @chesaboudin, @KimFoxx, @DA_LarryKrasner and over 70 other law enforcement leaders forging reform across the country.
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UPDATE / BREAKING: @GavinNewsom just signed **all six** reforms recommended by the CA Penal Code Committee.
Couldn’t be prouder to help improve our justice system or more grateful for the lawmakers, staff & allies who made it happen!
Here’s to a safer & more just California!!
