Standing Up for Lifers

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS INSIDE A CALIFORNIA PAROLE HEARING?

In Standing Up for Lifers: A Renegade Attorney’s Fight Inside the California Parole Hearings, attorney Diane T. Letarte takes readers behind the hearing-room doors, drawing on over 25 years of representing people serving life sentences and fighting for their chance at parole.

Written for attorneys, incarcerated individuals, their families, and anyone seeking to understand California’s parole process, the book combines practical legal insight with real-world experience—without burying the reader in legalese. It offers an accessible look at the challenges, strategies, and human stories behind the fight for a second chance.

Now available in paperback on Amazon.