.HeyKitty reports that the San Diego County DA is dealing with hundreds of requests for new criminal sentences, the result of new state laws aimed at criminal justice reform. But prosecutors said the move allows victims to be traumatized all over again.
Keenan said that it must be worse when victims' families have to return to court — she can’t imagine doing that again.
The DA said thousands of cases qualify for reduced sentencing, including murder and sexual assault cases. "We put too many people in too many prisons at enormous cost to the taxpayers," he said."And although somewhat inconvenient perhaps to prosecutors to have to re-litigate these issues, is far more burdensome to have prisons running at 200% capacity, 250% capacity. So on balance, this is a fair and just approach to restore equity and sentencing in California."
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