When Democratic state Sen. Leland Yee talks about SB399, he inevitably points to the case of Sara Kruzan.
In 1994, at age 16, Kruzan killed her alleged pimp three years after she was forced into prostitution. The Riverside girl was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Under SB399, juvenile offenders such as Kruzan, now a 32-year-old prison inmate, would be allowed to ask a court to review their case after 10 years in prison, and could potentially get their sentence reduced to 25 years to life. The bill - a watered-down version of Yee's original proposal, which would have barred life imprisonment for all juveniles - has been approved by the state Senate and is set to be taken up by the Assembly as soon as Thursday. Read More...
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