The California Supreme Court came down with a very controversial decision this month. In People v. Diaz the court decided…
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office announced yesterday the decision not to bring criminal charges against Oakland City Council Member…
The Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the conviction of Prabhat Goyal of fifteen counts of security…
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice is scrapping a policy, put in place during the Bush…
Due to prison overcrowding and the budget crisis, the California legislature acted last year to shorten prison and jail sentences.…
The San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday about a study released by the California Department of Corrections about paroled felons. The…
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger just signed a law which takes effect immediately reducing the penalty for pot possession. This comes on…
For as long as anyone can remember, petty theft was the theft of property valuing $400 or less. That made…
During the summer, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-220, became law. This long overdue reform reduces the…
Oakland state senator Loni Hancock has announced that she will be introducing legislation to ban the death penalty in California.…