Christopher Strong that some special circumstance findings in murder cases do not automatically preclude defendants from resentencing relief under SB 1437. SB 1437 was passed in 2018 to allow ...

Ventura County prosecutors plan to petition the state's highest court ... Local prosecutors claim, among other things, that SB 1437 was unconstitutional because it violated victims' rights.

or the law Struggs cited in his petition to be released. Passed in 2019, SB 1437 narrowed the definition of felony murder from the 1980 definition used to convict Struggs. You can reach Ishani ...