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If the current elected prosecutor decides that a sentence obtained by a predecessor in a criminal case is not a good one (even if authorized by law and legally imposed), can he just move for a reduced sentence? Is the judge obligated to comply?<\/p>\n

Ron Matthias, California Senior Assistant Attorney General (Ret.) has this op-ed<\/a> in the Silicon Valley Voice denouncing Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s motions to reduce all of the death sentences coming from that county (San Jose and vicinity).<\/p>\n

A somewhat related issue is presently before the U.S. Supreme Court in Glossip<\/em> v. Oklahoma<\/em>. CJLF’s brief in that case is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the current elected prosecutor decides that a sentence obtained by a predecessor in a criminal case is not a good one (even if authorized by law and legally imposed), can he just move for a reduced sentence? Is the judge obligated to comply? 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