From the Sacremento Bee, "Voters approved a new crime law in California. Sacramento-area prosecutors quick to use it"From wbur, "Has the First Step Act helped to reduce harsh prison sentences?"From WRIC, "Youngkin, Miyares criticize Biden for granting ‘Waverly Two’ clemency"...
Under California gun laws, a sentence for a felony can be "enhanced" if you or an accomplice possessed or used a gun during the commission of a crime. In such a case, the sentence for the underlying felony can be made longer. In some cases, much longer.
THOMAS CONVICTED IN SEX ATTACK ON GIRL, 15 SENTENCING SCHEDULED APRIL 22 ON RAPE, SODOMY, WEAPONS CHARGES The antitrust conviction does not require jail time, though Judge Yates could impose a sentence up to four years. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for April 2008.Roberts, SallyMcCa...
One hundred and fifty-two California jury eligible adults from the general public who varied in age from 18 years old to 81 years old participated. Participants were given either a brief rape case vignette including the victim's prior sexual history (n = 75) or excludin...
Progressive criminal justice reform has gained remarkable power in recent years. A wave of laws, such as California’s Proposition 47,[3]has reduced the punishment for many crimes,[4]downgraded felonies to misdemeanors,[5]and decriminalized previous offenses.[6]Bail requirements have been all but...
While the great majority of criminal prosecutions in the United States take place in state courts, serious o↵enses which violate US federal laws such as drug tra cking, murder, robbery, burglary, or rape for instance fall under federal jurisdiction.17 For these crimes, once defendants have...
During a press conference on Thursday, October 24, Gascón said: "We don't have a universal agreement, there's people in the office that strongly believe the Menendez brothers should stay in prison for the rest of their life, they do not believe they were molested," Gascón sa...
After a jury convicted a California man of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a fatal drunken driving crash, Judge Aaron Persky sentenced him to six months in jail and ordered him to undergo random alcohol testing. The judge sentenced Frank Guerrero to three years in prison for robbing anoth...
bus out of Columbus, Ohio and come down there and see for myself. Okay, I’ll be there about 6:00 a.m. Bye. Knight testified that these messages made her afraid to leave the house everyday, and she feared that Bowker might try to rape her. She gave the answering machine recordings...
A letter written by Erik Menendez to his cousin Andy Cano in December 1988 was attached as an exhibit to the habeas petition that was filed in May 2023.Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County In May of last year, Cliff Gardner, one of the appellate attorneys f...