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How Does a Convicted Serial Arsonist Get Early Parole With 1/3 Sentence Served?

November 15, 2022 9:51 amNovember 16, 2022 12:13 pm

Politics now trump public safety and criminal law in California, and even “prevent people from going to prison.” With California suffering deadly and devastating wildfires every year, it is astonishing that Parole Commissioners with the California Department of Corrections and...

Common Sense Public Safety: Tulare County DA Warns of Fallout with Reduced Sentences and CDCR Resentencing

October 14, 2022 8:20 amOctober 15, 2022 7:12 am

In June, the Globe spoke with Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward about the alarming effects of legislative efforts to remove and reduce violent criminal offenses in the state, undermining law enforcement. We discussed the repercussions of AB 333, the far-reaching fingers...

Gov. Newsom Just Vetoed Bill to Severely Curtail Prison Solitary Confinement

October 4, 2022 2:50 amOctober 3, 2022 12:23 pm

California Govenor Gavin Newsom just vetoed legislation that would have severely curtailed solitary confinement in the state’s prisons jails and private correctional facilities, drawing the ire of legislation supporters who consider the practice torture. In his veto statement for AB...

Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapper Paroled By CDCR Panel

August 17, 2022 2:39 pm

Frederick Newhall Woods, one of the three men responsible for the 1976 Chowchilla school bus hijacking where a bus driver an 26 children were kidnapped and buried alive in a scheme to collect a ransom demand, was given parole by...

DA George Gascon to Dismantle Lifer Unit

July 14, 2022 6:49 amJuly 14, 2022 7:06 am

Perhaps Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon sees the handwriting on the wall, and this is his parting shot at a constituency on the verge of recalling the embattled D.A. Gascon’s office has announced that the Parole Unit, also known...

Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapper Recommended for Parole by Panel

March 29, 2022 12:52 pmMarch 30, 2022 12:00 pm

Frederick Newhall Woods, one of the three men responsible for the 1976 Chowchilla school bus hijacking where a bus driver an 26 children were kidnapped and buried alive in a scheme to collect a ransom demand, was recommended for parole...

Sacramento DA Arrests Woman in $2.75 Million EDD Fraud Scheme

January 18, 2022 3:39 pm

In April 2021, agents from the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, Employment Development Department, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation arrested 35-year-old Jamie Williams-Major in connection with a significant Employment Development Department fraud scheme involving...