Proposition 36 - David J. Cohen The recent passage of California's Proposition 36 marks a significant shift in the state's criminal justice landscape, reintroducing stricter penalties for specific drug and…
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News about Criminal Law from around the San Francisco Bay Area, Alameda County, in the State of California, and on a Federal level.
California has been at the forefront of criminal law reform, particularly when it comes to reforming laws and improving the lives of those who have served time for past crimes.…
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2023 is a great year of positive steps towards prison reform and anti-recidivism in criminal law and we have put together a definitive list of new 2023 California criminal laws…
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A new California record-clearing law is set to take effect in July of next year (2023) making it one of the most expansive laws surrounding record-clearing in the United States.
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The Supreme Court banned non-unanimous jury verdicts for criminal cases in a recent Supreme Court decision. California already requires unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases, so the decision applies to the…
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