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The goal is to get justice for families and disrupt narcotics networks by securing lengthy prison sentences that serve as a deterrent to other dealers, he said.

George Gascón last year recommended that a court reconsider the brothers’ prior sentences of life without the possibility of parole, instead giving them 50 years to life.

Those incarcerated in state prison or county jail battling the fires are able to reduce some time off their sentences by earning one or two days of credit for every day of work or training.

The recent homicides continue an enduring problem in the California prison system: Inmates already serving life sentences — and who have nothing to lose by incurring more time — committing killings seemingly with impunity.

The body advising judges on criminal sentences has hit back at the justice secretary's call for it to scrap new guidance on sentencing offenders from ethnic monitories.