Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) released the following statement regarding a recent ruling made by a California Appellate Judge on the early release of a violent parolee:
“Last Thursday, a California Appellate judge ruled that a man originally sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison is now eligible for early release under Proposition 57, the California Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements Initiative.
The felon was convicted of stabbing his girlfriend with a butcher knife, forcibly molesting his 11year-old niece and gang raping a 17-year-old pregnant teenager.
It pains me to describe these offenses but it’s imperative that I do – because there is something grossly wrong with current law pertaining to these offenses. Under Proposition 57, the courts have ruled that violent sexual offenders and even a felon that stabbed his girlfriend is considered a non-violent criminal.
This ruling marks the second time in the past year that a court has ruled that pedophiles and rapists will be considered for early release from prison (proponents promised voters this would never happen) under the highly misrepresented Proposition 57.
While Proposition 57 promised to keep violent offenders in prison, the list of crimes considered as non-violent are unimaginable. The list includes pimping a child, beating a spouse and raping an unconscious or disabled person. Victims’ rights groups and legal experts all warned the initiative was too risky and would likely lead to the early release of some of society’s worst criminals. The electorate was misled and they will ultimately be the ones to pay the price if we don’t start an honest conversation about the realities of the impacts of Proposition 57.
This conversation is long overdue. It’s time for legislative leaders, criminal justice reform groups and public safety experts to come together to address this issue.”
Assemblymember Cooper represents the Cities of Sacramento, Elk Grove, Galt, and Lodi.
The Idiot Democrats, Socialist Democrats, Communist Democrats what ever name they want to give themselves don't care. They push their propositions to the Imbecile Base they control and the Base, like the Zombies they are give their Master's what they want. We see it every day, people you know, people right next to you every day, vote for this insanity. I see and hear everyday these Zombie brainless sheep, even friends of mine complain of the Crime, Drugs and Mayhem that goes on 24/7 right around all of us. When I say you voted for this I get the same dead eyed Zombie response " ahhhhhh duhhhh ahhhhhh" you reap what you sow idiots. The left the few days has go so far off the sanity required to continue as a Great Nation and State that it may snap a large enough number out of their zombie trance to return to the order of the Great Nation we used to be. Keep the faith.
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