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  A California appellate court has rejected Davis killer Daniel Marsh’s petition for sentencing relief, ruling for a second time that a 2019 state law regarding juvenile offenders doesn’t apply to his double-homicide case. At issue: Whether Marsh, tried as an adult and sentenced to 52 years to life for the 2013 murders of Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin, qualifies to seek a lesser sentence under Senate Bill 1391, which banned 14- and 15-year-olds from being tried as adults in California .   Much of the appeal centered around the issue of finality — that is, whether Marsh’s sentence was final when the new law took effect, more than four years after his sentencing hearing in Yolo Superior Court.  

From Redemption Row: After years  working with  Sirhan on his ability to articulate his half-century of rehabilitation inside the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation he successfully  demonstrated great self-awareness, insight, and empathy to the Board of Parole Hearings and his victims. Governor Newsom's appointed law enforcement officials on the Board of Parole found Sirhan suitable to be released and NOT an unreasonable risk to society. During Sirhan's f ive-hour  long Parole Board Hearing he provided examples of how he's applied his five decades of positive program involvement to his everyday life. Supporting his extenisive rehabilitation record, Executive Director of Redemption Row, Jen Abreu, gave testimony in his Hearing providing mitigation data and a comparative analysis of Sirhan's rehabiliative record against others who have been paroled with less rehabilitation, education, and documented acts of violence while incarcerated.