District Attorney Salarno has been busy on the Legislative Floor advocating against horrific bills such as this one! Our office condemns the California Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 672 on a 24–11 vote, calling the measure a dangerous rollback of justice that reopens wounds for crime victims and their families.
While we’re disappointed that SB 672 passed the Senate today, we are grateful to those who opposed it, or at least did not support it (see votes below). THANK YOU!
Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones did an excellent job of summarizing this devastating bill:
“Some of these … offenses are so heinous that the state has said at the sentencing that the perpetrator will never be eligible for parole (Life Without Parole). The state assured the families and friends of the victims, as well as the communities where these atrocities occurred that the murderer would never be released and that justice had been served … it’s fundamentally unfair and unjust to pass SB 672. The bill not only removes the finality of the sentences in our justice system, but it prioritizes the killer’s wellbeing over that of the survivors of the victims.”
