California Prop 57: How Credit Eligibility Can Affect Release California Prop 57 lets nearly everyone in state prison earn credits, but they don't work the same way for every sentence. Only people sentenced to death or life without parole are shut out. On a determinate sentence, credits move a fixed release date closer. https://collectednotes.com/california-parole-lawyer-mr.-michael-evan-beckman/california-prop-57-how-credit-eligibility-can-affect-release