Gasek, JadeUniversity of the Pacific Law Review
Money bail provides an incentive for people to come back to court, and bail bond companies help ensure they do at no cost to taxpayers, members of the industry argue. Bail agents and bounty hunters remind defendants of court appearances, find offenders who attempt to jump bail and develop rel...
MONTEREY, CA — “On the morning of January 29th, 2025, Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies along with other Monterey County Law Enforcement Agencies were made aware of an attempted murder investigation Tulare Tulare Police Arrest Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run on Mooney Boulevard ...
The buzz around the blogosphere today is being caused by the WaPo article about the federal government bailing out California. The article implies that there will be no aid forthcoming and then suggests that, well maybe there will be. The administration
up front in addition to the bail bonds agency's fee. When paying a surety bond, the fee can be paid in cash, with a credit/debit card, a cashier's check, money order, or any type of personal property that is owned by the defendant or co-signer free and clear with no title liens...
Although immigration operations have been ramped up across the country since President Trump took office, no sweeping actions have taken place in L.A., a city Trump repeatedly criticized during his presidential campaigns. ICE did not respond to a request for comment. A federal law enforcement sour...
There are no policy committee hearings, no debate, just an up-or-down vote to approve the “amendment” and then straight to the governor’s desk for his signature. This is how they do it in California. AB 205 was the “energy trailer bill” in 2022. It went from a one-sentence ...
No, California’s ‘sanctuary state’ law does not allow the release of dangerous criminals to the streets By Jazmine Ulloa U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel detain a man during a raid in Southern California. (Charles Reed / Associated Press) As the fi...
[the] truck a little bit" was consistent with a claim of intoxication if one had been made. The defense made no such claim. Alibi, not intoxication, was its trial theory. An instruction on intoxication as an element in defendant's state of mind when he attacked his companion at 4 in ...
Gascón came into office in 2020 promising to turn back the county’s history of lock ‘em up law enforcement. He ended cash bail, declined to seek the death penalty and halted the use of sentencing enhancements, a position he partially rolled back over time...