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Polly Klaas Convicted Murderer Getting Resentencing Hearing Friday

April 3, 2024 12:25 pmApril 4, 2024 6:59 pm

This article has been updated, below. After running for governor on a vow to uphold California voters’ support of the death penalty, Governor Gavin Newsom announced in March 2019, shortly after taking office, that he would grant reprieves for all...

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....

New California Laws on Jurors

October 1, 2020 8:43 pmOctober 2, 2020 6:42 am

Assembly Bill 3070 and Senate Bill 592 , were enacted during the 2020 Legislative Session to make changes to laws impacting jurors. AB 3070 by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego): Limitations on peremptory challenges. Existing laws provide for the exclusion...