Comments on: It is a matter of innocence, not economics

By: Kelly Clary

Kelly Clary — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:31:57 +0000

Why is Jarvis Jay masters still in prison. Why is the justice system so unjust! Please help me understand.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:06:00 +0000

Jarvis Masters is correct. Death is different. An attorney provided by the state for anything other than the direct appeal (habeas, habeas appeal) is not provided for those who are not under a sentence of death with only a few rare exceptions (1 or 2 Percent) and that would be after you had been able to get it timely and correctly filed as not to be time barred by the AEDPA. One of the reasons we have over 4000 men and women serving LWOP, now in CA – there are no attorneys lining up pro bono to represent these prisoners. In fact, there are 320+ prisoners on death row now awaiting the appointment of habeas counsel the State would pay, only qualified counsel cannot even be found when funds to pay are available. A broken system indeed.

By: Ann_Garrison

Ann_Garrison — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:54:22 +0000

Regarding this statement:

"Despite what I have been told, I believe this “SAFE California Act” will remove the statutory appeals guaranteed under the present law."

I wonder whether Jarvis Jay Masters has a copy of the proposition. This should be evident, one way or another, in the text of the bill.