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mewgirl
Yeah right ignore the idiot above me. He was using the non-existant sitution that your husband had been in jail for 11 ears on the CURRENT CHARGE - which obviously did not happen.
The Alabama Equal Justice Initiative (Google it) is committed to preventing this kind of thing. Call them and ask if they are aware of any similar programs in California, or research the exact laws and statues in question regarding trial, appeal, the life sentence statue itself, and the one for the crime he was most recently charged with, and then call them with this information handy and see if they have any advice on how to start.