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California female juve killer serving LWOP seeks (and deserves?) clemency from Governor Schwarzenegger

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local story, which is headlined "Sara Kruzan, Serving Life Without Parole, Petitions CA Governor for Release," a notable new state clemency request has been made by a female killer in California (whom, to me, seems like a much more sympathetic character than the recently executed Teresa Lewis): Sara Kruzan, who was just two months past her 16th birthday when she shot her 36-year-old pimp in 1994, has filed a clemency petition asking California Gov. Schwarzenegger to commute her life without parole sentence to time served. Now 32, Sara has spent half her life in prison, where she is a model prisoner and working toward a college degree. The petition, filed yesterday by attorneys from the law firm of Perkins Coie and the National Center for Youth Law, seeks Sara's release...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 01, 2010 (boomark / email).