This page contains useful guides that will help you understand and participate in the parole consideration process.  Check back often because we are continuing to add resources to this page.  For now, you can find a brief description of the kinds of cases we can and cannot handle, along with an important guide for anyone writing a support letter for a lifer appearing before the Board of Parole Hearings.

What is UnCommon Law

UnCommon Law Guide to Lifer Support Letters

Overview of California’s Parole Consideration Process

Summary of Proposition 9 (Marsy’s Law)

Text of Proposition 9 (Marsy’s Law) on the California Ballot on November 4, 2008