714-997-4400ACLU Threatens to File Lawsuit Against Orange County
The use of a jailhouse informant is a common practice among district attorneys across the country. Informants, known as “rats” or “snitches” among inmates, are often responsible for providing information that can prove invaluable for meeting the burden of proof. Inmates typically become informants with the hope of shaving time off their sentence. While there […]
Assembly Bill 2888 Mandatory Minimum Legislation
It is an unfortunate reality, that many rape victims do not come forward to authorities about the tragedy they have experienced. There are a number of reasons why the victims of sexual assault choose to be mute about what befell them, but some of the most common reasons are shame, guilt and the fact that […]
California’s Original Night Stalker
California isn’t a stranger to heinous crimes, being host to some the country’s most notorious serial killers. For those who were living in the state from the late 1960’s on, infamous names like Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez a.k.a. the ‘Night Stalker’ and Angelo Anthony Buono Jr. a.k.a. the ‘Hillside Strangler’ probably come to mind—especially if […]
Redefining Rape in California
For those who were following the case of the Stanford University swimmer who was charged with the sexual assault of a fellow student, it is likely that you were outraged at the sentence he received. Brock Turner was looking at a maximum of 14 years in prison for the three felony charges he was convicted […]
California Supreme Court Approves Parole Bill
In the United States, we have a long history of charging, sentencing and imprisoning nonviolent offenders. Most of such cases are related to drug use, and many states across the country have mandatory minimum sentencing laws that affect low-level nonviolent drug offenders. In the wake of the opioid addiction crisis in America, both federal and […]
Newhall Man Convicted of Assault on Peace Officer
A man accused of running into a sheriff’s police cruiser with a stolen truck and then driving towards a second officer was convicted yesterday of multiple felonies. Jesse Alan Tucker, from Newhall, was found guilty of assault on a peace officer, resisting a peace officer, and fleeing from a peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving […]
Former Public School Official Arrested
William Webb, a former assistant principal in the Los Angeles Unified School District, was arrested yesterday on allegations of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old student in 2006. At the time of the alleged misconduct, Webb, 51, was assigned to Vista Middle School in Van Nuys. At this time, Webb has not been formally charged by […]
Three Men Arrested in Death Valley Park Incident
Three Nevada men accused of trespassing in a national park and killing one of the world’s rarest fish have been arrested and will almost certainly face criminal charges. The three individuals are Trenton Sargent, 26; Steven Schwinkendorf, 29; and Edgar Reyes, 35. According to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office, the three men allegedly broke into […]
Jury Convicts “Grim Sleeper”
This past week a Los Angeles jury convicted Lonnie David Franklin Jr., known as the “Grim Sleeper,” of 10 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. The trial—one of the more high profile cases in L.A. recently—lasted approximately 11 weeks in Los Angeles Superior Court. The jury deliberated for about a day […]