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Robert Lewis is an investigative reporter on CalMatters' Accountability Desk. 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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Esperando Justicia: acusados encarcelados durante años en espera de juicios, sentencia
Read this article in English.   A lo largo de California, hay 44,241 personas detenidas en una cárcel del condado sin haber sido declaradas culpables o condenadas por un delito. Eso es tres cuartas partes de todos los presos. Al menos 1,317 personas han estado esperando en las cárceles del condado durante más de 3 años. Para 332 de ellos, han pasado […]
By and • March 31, 2021
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
Justice
State lifts suspensions of half a million driver’s licenses
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.”
By • January 29, 2021
Guillermo Hernández, que usa su camioneta para sus negocios, perdió el trabajo cuando su licencia fue suspendida en 2013 por no pagar una multa. Demandó al DMV junto con varios otros residentes del Área de la Bahía y ganó. Foto de Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
CalMatters en Español
El estado levanta las suspensiones de medio millón de licencias de conducir
Los defensores legales están tratando de reducir las fuertes multas y tarifas de las multas de tráfico de California, que se encuentran entre las más altas del país. Un abogado los llamó un "instrumento contundente" que castiga a las personas "cuando en realidad, para muchos californianos, las multas de tráfico son simplemente demasiado caras para pagar".
By • January 29, 2021
Justice
Justice delayed: Courts overwhelmed by pandemic backlog
From child support to insurance fraud, court cases are delayed throughout California. Only half as many civil and criminal cases were resolved last summer compared with pre-pandemic numbers. “Justice has not shut down. Justice has slowed down,” according to an attorneys' group.
By • January 19, 2021

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