Action Challenging California Victim’s Bill of Rights Act

In Gilman v. Schwarzenegger, No. 10-15471, an action by eight California life-term prisoners who represented a class of similarly situated California prisoners, alleging that Proposition 9, the “Victims’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy’s Law,” which modified the availability and frequency of parole hearings, violated the Ex Post Facto Clause, the court reversed a preliminary injunction in plaintiffs’ favor where the advance hearings provided for by the statute sufficiently reduced the risk of increased punishment for prisoners.

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  • Read the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Gilman v. Schwarzenegger, No. 10-15471

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