A CalMatters investigation has found that poor people accused of crimes, who account for at least 80% of criminal defendants, are routinely convicted in California without anyone investigating the ...

California Criminal Defense Attorney David Wohl told Fox News Digital that case overloads have been a "problem state-wide." In Riverside County, he said, there have been a number of felony cases ...

California. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Since the start of 2023, more than 1,000 misdemeanor criminal cases have fallen through the cracks, expiring without a decision on ...

Hundreds of people convicted of murder in California didn’t kill anyone. They were handed long sentences because they drove a getaway car or kicked down a door in a robbery that ended in murder — and ...

Five months after California ... drug crimes, an early snapshot of charging data reveals uneven implementation of the law across the state. Some counties have filed far more theft cases while ...

As Gavin Newsom rose from mayor of San Francisco to governor of California ... outraged skepticism of tough-on-crime tactics and the backlash to it. For a case study in the changing rates of ...

In almost all cases ... increase California’s prison population of 90,000 inmates by a few thousand. The goal of Prop. 36’s harsher sentences is to reduce drug-related crimes by steering ...

The California mom who pleaded guilty to leading an extensive retail theft crime ring that stole beauty ... amount compared to past retail theft cases. David Johnston, vice president of asset ...

then it stands to reason that California cities must have been more livable in the last few decades, because crime must have been lower. Except that’s not remotely the case. Statewide in 2023 ...