Senate Bill 1391 – California Globe

California Supreme Court Rules That 14, 15-Year-Olds Cannot Be Tried As Adults

February 26, 2021 5:58 pm

On Thursday, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that 14- and 15-year-old criminals cannot be tried as adults, validating a state law three years after being signed by the Governor. The case over trying 14-and15-year-olds as juveniles began in November...

New ‘Firearm Ownership’ Study Ignores Gun Violence by Criminals

December 7, 2019 9:17 amDecember 7, 2019 9:26 am

The study does not quantify the exercise of constitutional rights as a factor in Californians’ gun purchases. “California may have some of the nation’s most restrictive gun control laws,” Andrew Sheeler reports in the Sacramento Bee, “from bans on assault...

Senate Bill 1391 Functioning as the MS-13 Empowerment Act

August 8, 2019 6:59 amAugust 8, 2019 9:58 am

“Keymontae Lindsey was found guilty of murder in the killing of Jaulon ‘J.J.’ Clavo on Monday in a Sacramento courtroom,” report Darrell Smith, Marcos Breton and Molly Sullivan of the Sacramento Bee. The verdict arrives four years after Lindsey gunned...

Portrait of a Davis Killer – and California’s Killer Law

February 24, 2019 5:14 pmFebruary 24, 2019 5:23 pm

“Portrait of a Killer,” on CBS 48 Hours last week (Feb. 23) showed that the perpetrator of a 2013 double murder in Davis was only 15 years old. He left no evidence and might have gotten away with it had...

Will 2019 be California’s Year of Living Dangerously?

January 17, 2019 12:15 pmJanuary 17, 2019 1:02 pm

Senate Bill 1391, which bars prosecution of juveniles as adults, became law in California on January 1, 2019. An ongoing case in Yolo County demonstrates what this law might mean for the Golden State and also raises questions about the...