CJLF – California Globe

CA Appeals Court Blocks Early Release of Murderers

July 30, 2025 10:43 amJuly 30, 2025 10:43 am

A unanimous panel of California’s Third District Court of Appeal has held that state law does not authorize the early release of murderers serving indeterminate sentences in state prison. The court’s July 28 decision in the case of Criminal Justice...

Governor Newsom’s Early Release of Murderers is Illegal

February 16, 2024 9:53 amFebruary 16, 2024 9:53 am

On December 14, 2023, the California Board of Parole Hearings, which is under Governor Gavin Newsom’s authority, approved parole for child murderer Patrick Goodman. Goodman, a repeat felon, beat his girlfriend’s three-year-old son to death in 2000. The medical examiner...

Judge: Lawsuit to Block Early Inmate Releases Can Continue

September 7, 2023 8:47 amSeptember 7, 2023 8:47 am

On Friday, September 1, a Sacramento judge rejected California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s attempt to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Newsom Administration’s scheme to grant early release to tens of thousands of prison inmates. The suit, brought by the...

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Research Debunks DA Gascón Claims on Sentence Lengths and Recidivism

May 13, 2021 3:02 amMay 13, 2021 5:23 am

A new research project by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation has debunked claims that “science and data” show that shorter sentences for violent and habitual criminals promote public safety has no basis in published research. This is important because when...

California Supreme Court Rules To End Cash Bail For Some Defendants Who Cannot Afford It

March 27, 2021 2:31 amMarch 29, 2021 10:32 am

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that judges must consider an arrestee’s ability to pay bail, and may not hold them solely because they couldn’t afford bail. In a unanimous decision, Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar wrote on behalf of the...