Criminal Justice

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Waiting for justice: Defendants locked up for years awaiting trials, sentencing

Across California, 44,241 people are being held in a county jail without being convicted or sentenced for a crime. That’s three quarters of all inmates. At least 1,317 people have been waiting in county jails for more than 3 years. For 332 of them, it’s been longer than 5 years. In 32 counties that gave […]

에 의해 Robert Lewis • 3월 31, 2021

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Professionals, not police, should respond to mental health crises

Assembly Bill 988 would lay the groundwork for a 988 mental health crisis hotline, creating an alternative to 911.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 3월 31, 2021

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Mandate higher education for California police officers

Police executives and scholars assert the complexity of 21st century policing demands a college degree.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 3월 26, 2021

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Can’t afford bail? State Supreme Court offers relief for some defendants

The state’s highest court now says judges must consider a defendant’s ability to pay, but mass inmate release unlikely.

에 의해 Robert Lewis • 3월 26, 2021

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Newsom’s AG pick = new criminal justice approach

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, March 25. Bonta a win for progressives By nominating Assemblymember Rob Bonta to be California’s next attorney general, Gov. Gavin Newsom is priming the state to take a significantly different approach to criminal justice — one that could help him shore up progressive support ahead of a likely recall election, […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 3월 25, 2021

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L.A. district attorney’s special directives on sentencing are a reform the nation needs

By eliminating sentencing enhancements, we can incentivize positive behavior at maximum-security prisons like Pelican Bay.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 3월 11, 2021

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Counties raise concerns as OptumServe gets bigger role in vaccination

Health care operations company OptumServe has quietly been assuming an ever-larger role in California’s pandemic response — including its vaccine rollout — despite numerous counties expressing dissatisfaction with its services. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced plans to open 11 OptumServe vaccination sites to serve “some of the hardest-hit or most at-risk communities” in the […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 2월 26, 2021

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Who is Xavier Becerra? What his California record reveals about Biden’s top health pick

As his Senate confirmation hearings begin, a look at four different labels friends and foes apply to Becerra, the California attorney general nominated to head the nation’s sprawling network of public health and welfare agencies.

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 2월 22, 2021

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Fighting for justice for Asian Americans, united against hate crimes

For most Asian families, the Lunar New Year is a time for celebration. This year, with all the hate crimes, it became a time for mourning.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 22, 2021

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As hate crimes increase, what will California do?

California law considers all hate crime convictions, even felonies where the victim is injured as non-violent – Assembly Bill 266 would change that.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 18, 2021