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Proposition 57 was an initiated California ballot proposition, approved on the November 8, 2016 ballot. The Proposition allows parole consideration for nonviolent felons, changes policies on juvenile prosecution, [2] and authorizes sentence credits for rehabilitation, good behavior, and education.
However, Prop 2 opponents assert that Norco Ranch was in violation of many California laws already in place. A 2004 study of California egg farms in the journal Avian Diseases finds comparatively low Salmonella prevalence in indoor housing systems, commonly used in California, as compared to cage-free and free-range housing systems. The ...
In the United States federal system, the prosecutor has wide latitude in determining when, who, how, and even whether to prosecute for apparent violations of federal criminal law. The prosecutor's broad discretion in such areas as initiating or forgoing prosecutions, selecting or recommending specific charges, and terminating prosecutions by ...
From public prosecutor to California's 'top cop' After earning her law degree at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, in 1989, Harris joined the Alameda County district ...
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The prosecution calls all the witnesses one by one. Witnesses are not allowed to sit in the courtroom, and must wait outside until they are called to testify on the stand. Each time the district attorney calls a witness for direct examination, the defense attorney is allowed to ask questions as well of the same witness as part of cross-examination.
“As a prosecutor, when I had a case, I charged it not in the name of the victim. But in the name of ‘The People,’” Harris said in her speech accepting the party’s nomination.
Prosecutor Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson (on the pulpit) at the Nuremberg Trials Occupation Occupation type Profession Activity sectors Law, law enforcement Description Competencies Advocacy skills, analytical mind, sense of justice Education required Typically required to be authorised to practice law in the jurisdiction, law degree, in some cases a traineeship. Fields of employment ...