Bill > AB1959

This bill, an act to amend Sections 1170 of the Penal Code and 707 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, modifies provisions related to juvenile justice. Specifically, it expands the circumstances under which a person sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) who was under 18 at the time of the offense cannot petition for recall and resentencing. Previously, this prohibition applied if the person committed certain offenses against a public safety official; now, it also applies if the defendant was convicted of more than one count of first or second-degree murder in the same proceeding, if the offense constituted a "mass shooting" (defined as a multiple homicide incident where at least three victims are killed with a firearm during one event in close proximity), or if the offense occurred in a "school zone" (as defined in existing law) or on the property of a place of worship. Additionally, the bill clarifies and expands the conditions under which a district attorney can move to transfer a minor from juvenile court to adult criminal court for certain serious offenses when the minor is 14 or 15 years old, aligning with the intent of Proposition 57, a voter initiative that reformed the juvenile justice system.

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