On page 13 of our April edition, we ran a story under the headline “Report targets mandatory minimums, jury diversity.” In the story, we said that … [Read more...]
JUSTICE REFORM PRIORITIZED IN 2022
Panel takes aim at California’s LWOP, Three Strikes Law A state commission is recommending ambitious changes to California’s criminal justice … [Read more...]
‘Black’ dialects stymie stenographers
Courtroom reporters sometimes incorrectly transcribe Black dialect, potentially distorting the official record in criminal cases, according to The New … [Read more...]
Federal women’s facility plagued by allegations of staff sexual misconduct
A federal prison for women in California is riddled with allegations of staff sexually abusing prisoners. The warden and three other staff members … [Read more...]
Innocent man exonerated after serving six years in prison
Anthony Miller is a free man after a New York appeals court ruled he was wrongly arrested, convicted and imprisoned for a street robbery. Miller … [Read more...]
Report: California’s death penalty ‘beyond repair’
A committee on penal code revisions recommended abolishing California’s death penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Voters have twice … [Read more...]
Congress weighs efficiency, fairness for federal prisoners
Congress is considering legislation to increase efficiency and fairness for federal prisoners. The bipartisan Senate bill called the Criminal … [Read more...]
Earlonne Woods takes on California’s Three Strikes Law
An initiative petition has been filed to repeal California’s Three Strikes Law. It now needs enough voter signatures by April 30 to qualify for the … [Read more...]
SQ residents file new round of habeas petitions
In January 2022, 91 San Quentin residents filed for habeas corpus relief in the Marin County Superior Court. This new round of legal pleadings is an … [Read more...]
SCOTUS dodges ambiguous sentencing
Federal sentencing guidelines are vague and ambiguous, due to differences in U.S. Supreme Court opinions and the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s judicial … [Read more...]
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