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Tag: “Three Strikes” law

Common Sense Public Safety: Why California’s Three Strikes Law Remains a Necessary Tool

July 11, 2022   2:30 amJuly 12, 2022   9:43 am
On June 29, 2022, Yuba County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Wirtschafter sentenced Justin Coats under California’s Three Strikes law to 25 years to Life in prison. I want you to know the story behind this sentence. I want you to...
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California’s New Crime Math Alters FBI 2020 Crime Data Showing Murder Rate Increased 30%

September 28, 2021   3:44 pmSeptember 29, 2021   10:23 am
The FBI announced Monday that the national murder rate increased 30% in 2020. Could anyone have predicted that calling for police to be defunded would lead to increased violent crime? The estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased...
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Gov. Newsom Issues Pardons and Medical Reprieves, Commutes murder sentence

March 13, 2021   7:51 am
On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued 20 acts of clemency for prisoners, including the commutation of a life sentence by a woman who murdered her stepfather in 1989. In total, Governor Newsom pardoned 9 criminals, gave 10 COVID-19-related medical reprieves,...
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Crime Victims File Motion to Disqualify DA George Gascón in Double Murder Case

February 25, 2021   11:56 amFebruary 27, 2021   2:09 pm
A motion filed this week in a double murder case seeks to disqualify Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón for among other issues, hiring a former public defender to write his Youth Justice policy when she was still a Deputy...
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State Judge Grants ADDA’s Preliminary Injunction Against DA George Gascón

February 8, 2021   11:24 am
In December, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County filed a civil lawsuit seeking a writ of mandate, as well as declaratory and injunctive relief, asking that recently elected District Attorney George Gascón follow California state constitutional and...
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Recall Movement Against San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Grows

January 5, 2021   2:23 pm
On Tuesday, a recall movement against San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is quickly growing following criticism over allowing the early release of a criminal with little supervision, who proceeded to kill two people on New Year’s Eve. As the...
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DA Chesa Boudin Was Former Public Defender for Parolee Involved in Fatal New Years Eve Hit-and-Run

January 5, 2021   2:15 amJanuary 8, 2021   11:16 am
It appears San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has a shadier past than we thought. The 45-year-old parolee held for the New Year’s Eve hit-and-run deaths of two pedestrians had been facing a Three-Strikes life prison term until he was...
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