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California Court of Appeal: Prisoners Are Not Required to Serve ‘Thompson Terms’ After Grant of Parole Under Elderly Parole Program
by Douglas Ankney
The Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, held that prisoners sentenced for offenses committed while imprisoned [known as “Thompson terms” pursuant to In Re Thompson, 172 Cal.App.3d 256 (1985)] are not required to serve those sentences after a grant of parole under the Elderly Parole ...
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