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Quality of Life is on California November Ballot

November 1, 2022 9:52 amNovember 4, 2022 9:43 am

Californians’ quality of life is on a collision course with the rule of law. Escalating violent crime, lawlessness, open drug use, rampant homelessness, coupled with high inflation raising the costs of everything from food to gas to housing, is causing...

LA DA Gascon Trying to Overturn 1994 Murder Case From Death Penalty

July 27, 2022 2:30 amJuly 26, 2022 9:21 pm

The office of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon faced increased criticism on Tuesday following reports that they are now asking a Superior Court Judge to change the sentence of a man who killed two people in 1994 from...

Is Gov. Newsom’s Closure of San Quentin Abuse of Executive Authority?

February 1, 2022 2:39 pmFebruary 1, 2022 8:47 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom defied the state’s voters within 6 weeks of being sworn in January 2019. He said during his campaign he would abide by the will of California voters who in 2016 rejected Proposition 66, a ballot initiative...

Californians’ Quality of Life is on a Collision Course With the Rule of Law

November 28, 2021 10:30 amNovember 30, 2021 8:57 am

Californians’ quality of life is on a collision course with the rule of law. A retired police officer who working as a security guard was shot and killed in Oakland while protecting a Bay Area television news crew covering a...

Bill That Would Allow Californians To Vote to Abolish Death Penalty Introduced in Assembly

December 15, 2020 2:59 pm

On Monday, a constitutional amendment bill that would let voters decide whether or not to abolish the death penalty in California was introduced to the Assembly. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 2, authored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) would ultimately alter...

Next Challenge on the California Death Penalty on the Horizon

March 10, 2020 6:37 amMarch 10, 2020 10:13 am

The death penalty in California is due to face another hurdle this year following a number of judges and prosecutors respectively giving and asking for the death penalty in recent murder cases. Going against the moratorium On Friday, prosecutors in...

‘Tool Box Killer’ Lawrence Bittaker Dies In Prison at 79 Despite Receiving Death Sentence

December 17, 2019 8:39 amDecember 17, 2019 8:48 am

The killer outlived half the jurors who convicted him, along with the judge, lead detective and assistant prosecutor. Lawrence Bittaker, the convicted murder who raped, tortured and murdered teenage girls, has died in San Quentin State Prison at the...