top of page
Search
Writer's pictureNick Woodall

Appellate Court LWOP Franklin Hearing

People v. Hardin Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: B315434 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: October 18, 2022. Defendant was convicted in 1990 of special-circumstance felony murder for a crime committed when he was 25 years old. Current law entitles anyone who commits a special-circumstance murder at age 16 or 17 is entitled to both a Youth Offender Parole Hearing and a Franklin Hearing. However, those who commit a special-circumstance murder at 18 or older are ineligible for both. Defendant challenged California law on Equal Protection grounds. The Second Appellate District agreed with Defendant, finding there is no rational basis to support the Legislature’s distinction between young adult offenders who committed a special-circumstance murder and were sentenced to life without parole and other young adult offenders who committed different serious or violent crimes and received parole-eligible indeterminate life terms, including those that could be the functional equivalent of a life without parole sentence. Thus, the court determined that Defendant was eligible for a Youth Offender Parole Hearing as well as a Franklin Hearing.


Does your incarcerated loved one need self-help rehabilitation courses? Posse Solutions LLC Certificate Courses are for you!


Understanding Causative Factors

Understanding Impact & Magnitude

Understanding Responsibility

Understanding Remorse

Understanding Risk of Violence

Understanding Apology Letters

Victim Awareness

Anger Management

Sex Offender Treatment-Advanced

Understanding Domestic Violence-Advanced

Understanding Substance Use Disorder-Advanced

Denial Management


Upon successful completion of the course, we mail your loved one their certificate and letter of completion and we forward the same to their counselor and/or BPH.


Get one-on-one instruction you cannot find anywhere else! You can log into www.possesolutions.com on the Shop tab to order. Email us at info@possesolutions.com for more information, or call us at (213) 572-6227. #certificatecourses #insight #parolehearing #clemency


Here's what the BPH Commissioners are saying:


“You’ve taken a program called Understanding Responsibility [Posse Solutions, LLC], and it appears that that has helped you become full aware of how and why you callously repeated, um, repeatedly chose to endanger others.” --BPH Commissioner Diane Dobbs, 5/26/2022 re: Posse Solutions, LLC Client Deborah King WE0681


“You’re taking programs like Victim’s Impact, Victim’s Awareness [Posse Solutions, LLC] to get a better understanding of how your choices affected your many victims and why you selfishly chose to endanger the lives of others.” --BPH Commissioner Diane Dobbs, 5/26/2022 re: Posse Solutions, LLC Client Deborah King WE0681


“[W]e find that you do not currently pose an unreasonable risk to public safety and are therefore suitable for parole.” --BPH Commissioner Diane Dobbs, 5/26/2022 re: Posse Solutions, LLC Client Deborah King WE0681






125 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comments


bottom of page