California Assembly Bill 1593 of 2012 – Parole: Intimate Partner Battering

On September 30, 2012, the California State Legislature published this Assembly Bill No. 1593 (AB 1593) regarding intimate partner battering. This bill requires the Board of Parole Hearings to consider consider information or evidence that, at the time of the crime, the person had experiencedintimate partner battering, if that person was convicted of the offense prior to the enactment of a specified provision of law, if the person was convicted of an offense that occurred prior to August 29, 1996 . . .