Candace Fox v. Deborah Johnson

Candace Fox’s crime was not a pretty one. Yet, in 1984, California made her a promise in exchange for her promise of consideration it badly wanted from her. It promised her that, if she testified against her co-defendant and pleaded guilty to second degree murder, she would be paroled, assuming good behavior, in seven and one-half years. If the State had kept its word, Fox would have been released from prison over two decades ago. Instead, because the State brazenly broke its promise to her and lied about it to the courts, Fox will now likely spend the rest of her life in prison, unless the…