Judge Allen Sumner ruled that if voters intended to exclude sex offenders from early Parole, the ballot language would have said that. California Deputy Attorney General argued that the measure allowed state officials to exclude any class of offender in the name of public safety.
Sumner said that the exclusion for parole consideration should be limited to violent sex offenders. He also indicated that the State Corrections Department would need to define which specific offenses fall into the allowable exclusion.
Offenders who have a history of violent sexual offenses, but are now incarcerated for another crime, could seek early parole. Currently about 20,000 sex offenders are serving time. About half have a sentence for a non-sexual offense. A group called California Reform Sex Offender Laws says that the voters approved earlier parole consideration for all offenders – including sex offenders – who are not serving time for one of about two dozen stated violent offenses.
Under Sumner’s ruling, persons convicted of raping a drugged or unconscious person or child pornography could seek early parole. He did allow State Corrections officials to make a case for excluding more offenders. For now, Corrections officials must consider anyone without a conviction for a violent offense for early parole.
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