November 28, 2023
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Tag: California District Attorneys Association

Tulare DA Warns of Bill to Release ‘Worst-of-the-Worst’ Murderers After 25 Years

July 6, 2023   8:49 amJuly 6, 2023   1:48 pm
One of the worst anti-victim, soft-on-crime bills looks as if it will be passed by the California Legislature under the guise of criminal justice “reforms,” Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward told the Globe Wednesday. Senate Bill 94 by Sen....
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Gaslighting the Public on Recidivism

April 17, 2023   3:33 pmApril 18, 2023   3:56 pm
A story posted in the online edition of the Sacramento Bee reports that after California’s 2016 adoption of Proposition 57, “The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act,” recidivism went down according to a report from state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...
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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...
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California DAs Want State Prison Officials to Explain Early Release of Violent Criminals

November 4, 2022   2:50 amNovember 3, 2022   9:32 pm
The California District Attorneys Association wants the state prison system to explain why it is releasing violent prisoners who haven’t earned sufficient rehabilitation credits early from prison. In some cases, they have re-offended and committed even more serious crimes, the...
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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...
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Zero Bail Bill, Rejected by Voters, Awaiting Final Vote in Legislature

August 31, 2022   7:12 amAugust 31, 2022   8:25 am
Zero bail was rejected by California voters in 2020, but introduced as legislation in January 2021 by Sen. Bob Hertzberg as Senate Bill 262, and is ironically named the “Safe and Resilient Communities Act.” Hertzberg denies that SB 262 is “zero bail,” and now many in the media are...
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Sen. Hertzberg Warned He Would Bring the Zero-Bail Bill Back – And He Just Did

August 25, 2022   11:59 amAugust 27, 2022   8:30 am
The bill to reform/destroy the bail industry in California by annually revising statewide bail schedule and set the bail amount closer to the charged person’s ability to pay, Senate Bill 262 by Senator Bob Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles), has been taken...
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