Cesar Hernandez, who was sentenced in 2019 to 80 years to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, escaped Monday morning shortly after arriving at the Kern County courthouse in Delano, a city of around 50,000 in central California. State prison officials said late...
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If the defendant is more than three years older, the possible punishment includes one year in county jail or three years in state prison. When the defendant is over 21 and the victim is under the age of 16, the punishment may include one year in county jail or up to four years in ...
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A conviction for a first degree robbery can range from a three to nine year state prison sentence. If a weapon was used, a defendant could receive enhanced enhanced penalties. Since it's considered a felony offense, it may count as a "strike" under California's Three Strikes law. Most ro...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The planned closure of a federal women’s prison in California notorious for staff-on-inmate sexual abuse won’t occur before each inmate’s status has been reviewed, with an eye toward determining who will be transferred elsewhere or
Jones said he started hanging out with the wrong crowd and spent 27 years of his life in California state prison. "I started messing with drugs, became addicted," Jones said. "Started stealing to support my habit, landed in jail and drug rehabs; landed in jail twice…" In 1991, ...
Edward H. Bunker (hereinafter referred to as "defendant") is presently incarcerated in state prison under two judgments of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. In superior court case number 198278, he pled guilty, on March 3, 1958, to the crime of forgery; probation was denied and he...