SB 394: YOUTH OFFENDER PAROLE HEARINGS FOR People Sentenced to “LWOP” (Life without the Possibility of Parole)

What IS Senate Bill 394 (SB 394)?

Starting in 2018, the Board of Parole Hearings will begin holding youth offender parole hearings for individuals who received an LWOP (life without the possibility of parole) sentence for an offense committed before they turned 18 AND who have served at least 25 years of their sentence.[324]

  1. 324

    Legislative Counsel’s Digest for SB 394 (Oct. 11, 2017), available at http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB394. ↑

How can SENATE bILL 394 (SB 394) help me?

SB 394 makes parole a possibility for many individuals who previously had no hope for release. If you are eligible under SB 394, your hearing will automatically be scheduled. The hearing process will be similar to that of SB 260 and 261 hearings. For more information, see Appendix MM.