California’s highest court has cleared the way for a pardon for a former inmate who now helps other women transition from prison to society.
At least four members of the seven-justice California Supreme CourtTuesday that Susan H. Burton was eligible for a pardon. A majority of the court must review all clemency applications for people who have more than one felony.
After getting off drugs, she worked to help other former female inmates adjust to life without bars and avoid crime.Burton founded a Watts-based nonprofit, A New Way of Life Reentry Project, that provides housing for women when they leave prison and helps them find work and recover from drug addiction.
Burton sought the pardon. In 2004, the L.A. Superior Court granted her a certificate of rehabilitation for her three drug convictions. In December, the Board of Parole Hearings referred her application to the governor’s office with a favorable recommendation. Newsom then forwarded Burton’s case to the state high court.
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