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  2. California criminal law - Wikipedia

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    A felony crime is a more serious crime where the punishment of death or imprisonment in a state prison is annexed. [15] A person found guilty of a felony can also be granted probation instead of a prison sentence. [16] If a person is granted probation with Imposition of Sentence Suspended, the California Supreme Court in four different cases ...

  3. Criminal procedure in California - Wikipedia

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    166 thousand violent crimes and one million property crimes committed [1] 1.5 million arrests made [2] 270,000 felony cases, 900,000 misdemeanor cases, and 5 million infraction cases heard [3] by the California superior courts; There are currently 130,000 people in state prisons [4] and 70,000 people in county jails. [5]

  4. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    One of the more controversial sections of the California Penal Code are the consecutive Sections 666 and 667; Section 666, known officially as petty theft with a prior – and colloquially, felony petty theft and makes it possible for someone who committed a minor shoplifting crime to be charged with a felony if the person had been convicted of ...

  5. Crime in California - Wikipedia

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    California State University, Fullerton, massacre; Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego) Gypsy Hill killings; Andrew J. Hinshaw—indicted on charges of bribery, embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds while serving as Orange County assessor. Convicted of bribery and sentenced to two concurrent 1‐to‐14 years terms in prison

  6. 2014 California Proposition 47 - Wikipedia

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    This proposed initiative suggests that individuals convicted of a third theft involving property valued at $250 could face felony charges. California's business community has criticized the state's criminal justice policies, particularly Proposition 47, which reclassified certain crimes, like theft of items under $950, from felonies to ...

  7. What exactly is Prop. 47? And how could California voters ...

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    California voters face a decision about how the state should punish people who are repeatedly convicted of stealing, or of crimes involving the deadly drug fentanyl.

  8. Shocking data shows 15K illegal immigrants in US accused of ...

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    Other well-represented crimes among illegal immigrants known to be living in the US include sexual assault — with 523 convicted or suspected rapists in ICE custody and 20,061 not — and assault ...

  9. List of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty ...

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    This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...