CA Sex Offenders, 3rd Strikers Get Early Release:  After repeated promises by Governor Jerry Brown that violent habitual felons and sex offenders would not get early release under his Proposition 57, it has become apparent he was either lying or did not know what was in the initiative he championed in 2016.  Don Thompson of the Associated Press reports that while District Attorneys warned that third strikers and sex offenders would become eligible for early release under Brown's sentence reduction initiative, proponents, including the Governor, denied this would happen.  Last February the Los Angeles Times reported that Sacramento Superior Court judge Alan Sumner had ruled that the initiative's wording allows thousands of sex offenders to qualify for early parole.  Last month a three-judge panel of the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles announced that third-strikers must be included for early release under Proposition 57's constitutional amendment.  Governor Brown has decided not to appeal that ruling.  The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation estimated that up to 4,000 criminals with violent and serious felony priors will be eligible for early release.  A corrections spokesperson assured reporters that there will be "rigorous public safety screenings..." involved in the decision to release inmates.  Yeah right.