California Supreme Court undermines public trust in secretive rejections of clemency requests
The lack of transparency in the California’s rejection of 10 of former Governor Jerry Brown’s clemency requests has riled court observers. The court stated last March they would override not on merit but only if there was an abuse of power. But since the court seals clemency cases, it is impossible to know if the court saw abuses of power in those 10 cases. (ABA Journal, January 11, 2019, by Lorelei Laird) The court rejected