SB 300 The Sentencing Reform Act of 2021

Joanne Scheer • February 9, 2021

Dear friends, family, allies and loved ones,

** WE ARE SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE **

SB 300 (Cortese) The Sentencing Reform Act of 2021

Felony Murder Elimination Project in partnership with California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), Drop LWOP Coalition, Families United to End LWOP (FUEL), Drop LWOP Coalition, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and Silicon Valley De-Bug is excited to announce Senator Dave Cortese’s SB 300 Sentencing Reform Act of 2021!

Tomorrow at a virtual press conference, Senator Dave Cortese will introduce the new bill, SB 300 – The Sentencing Reform Act of 2021, which will reform California’s felony murder special circumstances law and ensure that the death penalty and life without the possibility of parole cannot be imposed on those who did not kill, nor intend that a person die, during a crime. SB 300 will provide recourse to hundreds of people convicted under the “felony murder special circumstances law” who are currently awaiting execution or condemned to die in prison. Thank you to Senator Cortese and bill sponsors!

Please join us here: https://www.facebook.com/davecortesegov for this livestream event on Tuesday, February 9th, at 10:30 am (Pacific).

Our beloved allies Christina Mendoza, Raj Jayadev, Tammy Garvin Cooper, myself and Senator Cortese will be speaking on the bill's importance.

Attached you will find the Legislative Fact Sheet with more information about the bill. You can find the text of the bill here.

We will need lots of community support to get this important bill passed. Stay tuned for lots of ways to plug in.

For all of us at Felony Murder Elimination Project, this important bill has been 11 years in the making. We have watched and supported bills that have not impacted our loved ones who are serving life without parole sentences due to felony murder special circumstances. I am beyond thrilled to say, “It is finally our turn.” Never. Stand. Down.

If you would like to get the word out about the event on facebook; please click here.

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