ACTION ALERT - Protect Elder Parole

Felony Murder Elimination Project URGENTLY calls on our supporters to take action today! Senate Bill 286 is being heard in the California Senate Public Safety Committee today, and the time is now to take urgent action and urge the Senate Public Safety Committee to protect elder parole by OPPOSING SB 286 ahead of their vote.

SB 286 seeks to exclude people of first and second degree murder as well as those convicted of various sex offenses from California’s Elderly Parole program. If SB 286 were to pass, it would decimate California’s Elderly Parole program, given that the majority of people serving life sentences who are eligible have murder convictions.

SB 286 attacks a modest, yet helpful and necessary geriatric parole program in California that brought compassion, common sense and fiscal responsibility to our prison system during the height of California’s mass incarceration crisis. With strong law enforcement and victim advocates support pressuring Democratic legislators to pass SB 286, it is critical for us to make it clear to the legislature that we OPPOSE this harmful bill. Opposing SB 286 is an opportunity for legislators to take a stand against tough on crime policies in service of real public safety.

SB 286 will not advance public safety for Californians but will instead lead to irresponsible state spending and more human suffering.

You can take action by calling/emailing legislators, showing up to give a 'me neither,' and sharing the Action Toolkit widely across your social media channels.

Access the Oppose SB 286 toolkit here ---->>> Oppose SB 286 (Jones) 

Thank you all in advance for your work to stop this harmful bill!