I hereby retract my earlier praise for how (I said) Governor Schwarzenegger had reversed his predecessor's silly policy about not granting paroles. According to this article, it seems we were premature to think there was a change.
Actually, the only change in the governor's mansion has been that our chief exec now has biceps, an accent and sexual harassment lawsuits. Otherwise, it's still Gray Davis in there. (Thanks to Tom Hegeman, creator of the immortal comic character "Shyster" for the link.)