S.F. case leads court to strike down part of California sentencing law
A California law that was supposed to provide safeguards against excessive prison sentences by giving juries the power to overrule judges may be undermining its own purpose by allowing jurors to add years to a prison term without clear guidelines, says a state appeals court.
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