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Author Archives: Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis covers justice issues. Before joining CalMatters he worked at print and public radio outlets across the country including WNYC-New York Public Radio, Newsday and The Sacramento Bee. His investigative reporting has garnered some of the industry’s highest honors including a George Polk Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and Sigma Delta Chi Awards.

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Guillermo Hernandez sits in his van in Richmond on Jan. 28, 2021. Hernandez, who uses his van for his businesses buying and selling second hand goods, lost work after having his license suspended in 2013 for failure to pay a ticket. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
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State lifts suspensions of half a million driver’s licenses

by Robert Lewis January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

Legal advocates are trying to roll back California’s hefty traffic ticket fines and fees, which are among the highest in the nation. One attorney called them a “blunt instrument” punishing people “when in reality, for many Californians, traffic tickets are simply too expensive to take care of.”

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Justice delayed: Courts overwhelmed by pandemic backlog

by Robert Lewis January 19, 2021February 24, 2021
Chris Scull, que estuvo preso en San Quentín durante 22 años y fue liberado el mes pasado, dio positivo para COVID-19 en junio cuando estaba en prisión. Scull ahora vive en una vivienda de transición en Hayward y experimentó un segundo aislamiento luego de que uno de sus compañeros de vivienda diera positivo para el virus. Fotografía de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters
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El caos de la post-prisión en California: Liberaron anticipadamente a miles, incluso a muchos con coronavirus

by Robert Lewis August 12, 2020August 18, 2020
Chris Scull, who was incarcerated at San Quentin for 22 years and released last month, tested positive for COVID-19 in June while in prison. Scull now lives in transitional housing in Hayward and experienced a second lockdown after one of his housemates tested positive for the virus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
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California’s post-prison chaos: Thousands released early, including many with coronavirus

by Robert Lewis August 12, 2020August 18, 2020
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