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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...

Crime Trends in the United States and California

October 26, 2023 3:12 pmOctober 26, 2023 3:12 pm

Some years ago, the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation began tracking the trends in crime in California versus the country as a whole. California has been more aggressive than most states in the “criminal justice reform” movement, a euphemism for reducing...

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 Report: Prop. 57 Does Not Reduce Recidivism

August 24, 2023 2:59 pmAugust 24, 2023 3:37 pm

In April, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released a report suggesting that the number of inmates given early release in the year after enactment of Proposition 57, who were convicted of new crimes over the next three...

California Bill Will Release Death Sentenced Murderers After 20 Years

April 11, 2023 3:52 pmApril 13, 2023 3:12 pm

The California Senate Public Safety Committee voted on a bill Tuesday to give the state’s worst murderers, who have been sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole (LWOP), the opportunity to have their sentences invalidated and make them...

Data Indicate That Zero Bail Results in More Crime

February 16, 2023 4:10 pmFebruary 16, 2023 4:27 pm

Data released last September by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services provided researchers at the Manhattan Institute with the necessary information to compare the rearrest rate for offenders prior to the state’s 2020 bail reform law with...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Allow Millions of Convicts’ Criminal Arrest Records Sealed

September 30, 2022 10:50 amOctober 1, 2022 7:18 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday to allow the criminal arrest records of convicted criminals sealed from potential employers, schools, charitable organizations and the public. According to SB 731 author Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), “Due to the...