Wood v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Stipulation for Dismissal, False Arrest and Medical Neglect, 2019 Case 2:18-cv-05788-PA-SS Document 34 Filed 04/12/19 Page 1 of 2 Page ID # :114 Mark D. Rutter k_SBN 058194) f66~1Wr~RAve~1~~! DUMONT Los Angeles, California 90071 3 Telephone: (213) 228-0400 Facsimile: (213) 228-0401 4 Email: …
San Francisco Embraces New Technology to Clear Pot Convictions by Several pot-related crimes went up in smoke when California voters approved Proposition 64 marijuana reforms in 2016—and all retroactively. However, a lack of resources in many district attorney offices to review decades’ worth of criminal cases eligible under the new …
California Police Privacy Laws Have Been Violating Brady for Years by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An arresting officer’s fabrication or planting of evidence or other misconduct lies at the very heart of the definition of exculpatory evidence that must be disclosed to criminal defendants under the Sixth Amendment since the …
A.M.P. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), 2019 Electronlcal!y FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Les Angeles on 03119/2019 12:59 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by N. AJvarez,Oeputy Clerk i 9STCV09463 · Assigned for all purposes to: Spring Street Courthouse, …
Algorithm-dictated Freedom? Vet California’s New Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool by Virginia Griese by Virginia Griese An individual’s liberty may soon be in the hands of technology. Pretrial risk-assessment algorithms will replace the cash bail system in California, thanks to S.B. 10, the new bail reform law signed by Governor Jerry …
San Francisco DA Candidate Chesa Boudin Puts Criminal Justice Reform Front and Center by Chesa Boudin stands out among the candidates for the 2019 district attorney race in San Francisco. Boudin, a deputy public defender, helped to lead efforts to reform the cash bail system and has earned support from …
New California Laws Peel Back Secrecy Surrounding Police Discipline Amid Pushback by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander The tide is changing on police accountability and transparency in California with the passage and signing of the California Records Act (“SB-1421”) and Assembly Bill 748. But SB-1421, which was scheduled to take …
Sexual Assaults and Harassment by Members of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Costing Taxpayers Millions by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”) is the largest of its kind in the U.S. According to recent figures, it tops another list—it’s apparently the most feloniously libidinous …
California Court of Appeal: Using Criminal Process to Collect Fines That Indigent Defendants Cannot Pay Is Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 8, 2019, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District of the state of California ruled that when the only reason a defendant cannot …
National Center for Youth Law - The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody, 2019 Tornillo, photo courtesy of Reuters The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody February 2019 U.C. Davis Immigration Law Clinic This briefing document was prepared by the National Center for Youth …
Gallegos v. Murray, CA, Complaint, Sexual Assault by Guard, 2019 Phillip Gallegos #B62526 P .o. Box 921 Imperial, CA. 92251 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA PHILLIP GALLEGOS Plaintiff, VS. No. CV 18-9505-CJC(E) SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT JURY TRIAL DEMANDED DEPUTY MURRAY Defendant. r.n1 A …
Race-Based Arrests Rampant in San Francisco by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The U.S. Supreme Court made targeting by law enforcement of people based on race unconstitutional over 130 years ago, yet the practice still runs rampant in police departments nationwide, says Ezekiel Edwards, director of the ACLU Criminal Law …
California Court of Appeal: Commissioner Cannot Preside Over Parole Revocation Hearing Absent Stipulation by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, ruled that a commissioner may not preside over a parole revocation hearing absent a stipulation by the parties. …
Corrales v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force and False Arrest, 2019 ase 2:19-cv-00258-DSF-MM Document 1 Filed 01/11/19 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:1 1 Gregory Peacock, Esq. (SBN 277669) LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY PEACOCK 2 3 4 4425 Jamboree Road Suite 130 Telephone: (949) 292-7478 Email: …
Perez v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Police Shooting), 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is entered into between the following parties (''the Parties"): Plaintiffs Dolores Perez and Sergio Quintero ("Plaintiffs"), and Defendants County …
Auditor of the State of California -- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Several Poor Administrative Practices Have Hindered Reductions in Recidivism and Denied Inmates Access to In‑Prison Rehabilitation Programs, 2019 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Several Poor Administrative Practices Have Hindered Reductions in Recidivism and Denied Inmates Access …
California Court of Appeal: Youth Offender Parole Statute Trumps Consecutive Prison Term Statute by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, ruled that a statute granting prisoners who were convicted as youth offenders improved parole eligibility possibilities supersedes a different statute that requires …
Ninth Circuit Rules California Robbery Not a ‘Crime of Violence’ in Light of Dimaya and Allows Withdrawal of Guilty Plea by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a defendant was entitled to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of illegally …
Civil Rights Groups Urge Ending Use of Pretrial Bail Risk Assessment Tools by Steve Horn by Steve Horn More than 100 civil rights organizations have signed a statement to denounce the use of pretrial bail risk assessment algorithm tools meant to determine conditions of bail and, in many cases, jail. …
California’s New Cashless Bail System More Likely to Increase Number of Detainees by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss California became the first state to completely do away with cash bail, making international headlines. The new system uses algorithms to weigh factors to determine a person’s risk assessment with preventive detention …
