How 600-Plus California Returning Citizens Got More Than 11,000 Years Cut Off Their Prison Sentences
Jacque Wilson, a San Francisco public defender, left, and father, Mack Wilson, center, advocated for a change to California’s felony murder law that helped get their brother and son, Neko Wilson, right, out of jail. (Paul Kuroda / For The Times)
“According to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Office of the State Public Defender, at least 602 people in California detention facilities had their prison sentences reduced between 2019 and 2022 as a result of the two laws. That erased an estimated 11,353 years from their combined terms and saved taxpayers between $94 million and $1.2 billion in prison costs.”