Criminal Justice

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Bill to reduce probation time could help offenders successfully re-enter society

AB 1950 would reduce probation to one year for a misdemeanor and two years for a felony, time period restrictions that research shows makes sense.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 28, 2020

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California setting a positive tone for criminal justice reform

Bills sent to the governor will lead to fewer senseless arrests and fewer people unnecessarily sitting in prison and jail, while saving the state money.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 25, 2020

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Business need to stand up for equal justice too

Chief executives of some of America’s largest companies have engaged in a new initiative to advocate for public policy changes to secure equal justice.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 18, 2020

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The final say: Gov. Newsom has decided which of these 2020 bills will be California law

In a year when the coronavirus pandemic upended every aspect of normal life, the impact in the California Capitol was also dramatic. Lawmakers took an unprecedented two-month pause in the spring, when Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order for people to stay home to prevent the spread of the virus. They returned to the […]

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 8월 31, 2020

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California’s post-prison chaos: Thousands released early, including many with coronavirus

California’s patchwork reentry system is scrambling to find housing and services for former inmates. “What this pandemic has done is highlight the inadequacies in the system,” said one program director.

에 의해 Robert Lewis • 8월 12, 2020

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“Pervasive failure to investigate:” Report finds lack of scrutiny in cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women

For generations, order and cleanliness had been Christina Lastra’s family’s way of fighting off poverty. But the day in July 1991 when her mother’s mysterious death was ruled an accident marked the end of the orderly life Lastra had been leading in Humboldt County. “We didn’t get peace. No one ever even thought of looking […]

에 의해 Laurence Du Sault • 8월 3, 2020

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A proposal to transform California’s juvenile justice system

The Elevate Justice Act would raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction from 17 to 19, producing effective changes for youth in the adult justice system.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 3, 2020

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Referendum on SB 10: Vote ‘Yes’ to replace an oppressive system based on money

A “Yes” vote on Proposition 25 means replacing a money bail system that criminalizes poverty with a fair system that assesses each individual’s public safety risk.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 7월 29, 2020

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“It would have changed my life:” Restorative justice offers Californians way to avoid prison

It almost sounds like kindergarten: Sit down and talk about what you did wrong. But these neighborhood courts are for adults — and aim to reduce incarceration and reimagine criminal justice.

에 의해 Janelle Marie Salanga • 7월 15, 2020

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Should the state investigate local police shootings? California rethinks its resistance

If this state is the nation’s laboratory for progressive laws, why has it been unable to keep the police from policing themselves?

에 의해 Raheem Hosseini • 7월 10, 2020