The United States Supreme Court has held that a San Diego federal district court judge Barry Ted Moskowitz was not authorized to impose a prison sentence in order to promote the defendant’s rehabilitation. In reversing defendant’s criminal sentence, the court has ruled that Judge Moskowitz erroneously lengthened a prison term “Supreme Court Reverses Decision of a San Diego Federal Judge”
California Parole “Lifer” Hearings
In California, all determinate prison sentences must include a period of parole. Once such a prison sentence is completed, individuals are usually subject to 3 or 5 years of parole, which is defined as a period of supervised release imposed on all inmates upon their release from prison. However, persons “California Parole “Lifer” Hearings”