California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pardoned a former inmate who received a life sentence when she was a teenager for killing her former pimp.
Hers was among nearly three dozen such pardons and clemencies Friday that also affected older and younger offenders. They included 82-year-old Henry Pachnowski, who was born to Polish parents who were later imprisoned in Nazi labor camps in World War II.
Leland Yee, a Democratic state senator who himself later went to prison for corruption, at the time called her case a"perfect example of adults who failed her, of society failing her. You had a predator who stalked her, raped her, forced her into prostitution, and there was no one around."Since the slaying, he said she"has transformed her life and dedicated herself to community service.
One of the commutations, of inmate Darnell Green, was recommended by the state's corrections secretary based on his exceptional conduct in prison after he was initially sentenced for a 1997 armed robbery in which no one was hurt.Newsom commuted the sentences of one inmate who was arrested at age 15, and another who is now 78 years old.
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