San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow.
–District Attorney Dan Dow announced this week that he has joined Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert and 39 other elected district attorneys across California in filing a petition with the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) requesting the repeal of temporary emergency regulations awarding additional credits toward the sentences of more than 76,000 state prison inmates. These additional credits toward their sentences will allow serious, violent, and sex offenders in prison to parole earlier.
“The time is now to consider the impact on victims of crime when making decisions to release serious, violent, and sex offenders from prison early,” said District Attorney Dan Dow. “This early release program for serious and violent offenders was created under the disguise of a non-existent emergency and is a prime example of how we have neglected survivors of crime when reforming our criminal and victim justice system. The people deserve much better.”