Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Eye thuy vu. We dedicate tonights program to the california criminal Justice System that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. Under governor jerry browns administration a Record Number of socalled lifers are being granted parole. The Governors Office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. Instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by Court Rulings that make it harder to deny parole. Scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. Reporter hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. Hurt people. Reporter these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. The hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. Reporter they dont know if theyll ever get
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Eye thuy vu. We dedicate tonights program to the california criminal Justice System that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. Under governor jerry browns administration a Record Number of socalled lifers are being granted parole. The Governors Office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. Instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by Court Rulings that make it harder to deny parole. Scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. Reporter hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. Hurt people. Reporter these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. The hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. Reporter they dont know if theyll ever get
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Eye thuy vu. We dedicate tonights program to the california criminal Justice System that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. Under governor jerry browns administration a Record Number of socalled lifers are being granted parole. The Governors Office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. Instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by Court Rulings that make it harder to deny parole. Scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. Reporter hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. Hurt people. Reporter these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. The hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. Reporter they dont know if theyll ever get
Remain problematic. Multiple state Department Reports document Chinese Companies and individuals to continue export dual use goods relevant to Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile programs in and around north korea. Year after year individuals have been sanctioned related to efforts to proliferate weapons of mass destruction. What is preventing the chinese in taking action against the come to me if and individuals identified to them. I would like to hear whether the proliferation record was addressed during negotiations. This agreement presents us with a golden opportunity to place pressure on china to hold these dangerous activities. The second set of concerns focused on plans to export Nuclear Power plant based upon technology provided by westinghouse under a deal signed 2007. To transfer to china. Then kris exporting reactors with the markets the United States used to have. The transfer of the most advanced u. S. Technologies may provide china the keys were dominated the world Nucl
p. Call the meeting to order. Roll call, commissioner leslie katz, leer. Commissioner leslie brandon, here. Item 2, aproofrl of minutes for the march 24, 2015 meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor, aye. Opposed . Minutes are approved. Item 3, Public Comment and executive session. Any Public Comment on executive session . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item 4, executive session. So moved. Second. All in favor, aye. Opposed . Well now move into pars3 executive session existing litigation matters. Is there a motion to. I move to reconvene in open session. So moved. And not disclose . All in favor, aye. I move not to disclose anything discussed in closed session. Second. All in favor, aye. Next item. Item 6, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please be adviced that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar