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Police in California released a video of a trio of alleged shoplifters who were shocked to find out that the penalty for their crime had recently changed.. In the viral surveillance video shared ...
Crime data shows the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles saw a steady increase in shoplifting between 2021 and 2022, according to a study by the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California.
California's Proposition 36, which increases penalties for certain theft and drug crimes, went into effect Wednesday. 'B***h, new laws!' California shoplifting suspect surprised stealing is now a ...
Shopkeeper's privilege is a law recognized in the United States under which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property.
A 2018 study from the University of California, Irvine, maintains that Prop 47 was not a "driver" for recent upticks in crime, based upon comparison of data from 1970 to 2015, in New York, Nevada, Michigan and New Jersey, states that closely matched California's crime trends, but that "what the measure did do was cause less harm and suffering ...
In California, criminal defendants have the right to appeal both felony [29] and misdemeanor [30] convictions. If the defendant is convicted of a misdemeanor, they have the right to be released on bail pending the outcome of their appeal. Misdemeanor appeals are heard by the Appellate Division of the California Superior Court.
Ventura County authorities arrested 37 adult and juveniles during their weekend operation "Shoplift With a Cop" in addition to seizing narcotics and $2,000 in stolen goods.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide on 10 ballot measures including one that would turn some nonviolent crimes, like shoplifting, into felonies again, and another that would make the state’s minimum wage the highest in the nation. Here’s a look at some of the most consequential propositions being put before voters: