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The California Racial Justice Act of 2020 bars the state from seeking or securing a criminal conviction or imposing a sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin. The Act, in part, allows a person to challenge their criminal case if there are statistical disparities in how people of different races are either charged, convicted ...
The failed 2020 effort to overturn Prop 47 lost by 23 points. But in the four years since, the political landscape has shifted. But in the four years since, the political landscape has shifted.
Five Democrats voted against Assembly Bill 1960, the bill Soria previously authored, which would add sentencing enhancements for people who destroy property while committing a felony if the loss ...
In California, county jails are overseen by the local sheriff's department. Other forms of punishment for a misdemeanor conviction include being under the supervision of a probation officer or a fine.
On January 10, 2018, 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein was found dead in a park in Orange County, California, eight days after having been reported missing. He was visiting his family in Lake Forest, California, when he was killed. [1] [2] He had been stabbed 28 times. [3]
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.
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The other proposition received a higher number of votes and so, under the California constitution, it took precedence. [2] Section 28 finally provided that prior felony convictions "shall subsequently be used without limitation for purposes of impeachment or enhancement of sentence in any criminal proceeding".