According to the Sacramento Bee, both the Sacramento and Orange County sheriff’s unions, along with the Crime Victims United of California have all filed lawsuits to stop the law from taking effect.
The sheriffs’ unions claim the law is bad policy and puts public safety at risk by releasing prisoners early. In addition to argued confusion about whether the new law applies to county prisoners or only state prisoners, there is much confusion around whether the new rules are to be applied retroactively to time served before the law went into effect on January 25.
The lawsuit filed by Crime Victims United of California claims the new law violates provisions added to the state Constitution in 2008, when voters passed Proposition 9, a victims’ rights and parole measure known as Marsy’s Law.
