California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 1391 and Senate Bill 439 into law, adding to the statutes on the prosecution of juveniles within the state’s justice system. The two bills were part of the Equity and Justice Package, a collection of several bills…
After a young man got into a fight with a classmate near their high school’s campus, he was charged with a felony assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury. Wanting to be proactive in fighting this charge, the young man and his mother…
It should not come as a shock that California’s prison system is overcrowded. According to a United States Supreme Court ruling in 2011 affirming a federal court ruling, the living conditions caused by overcrowding in these facilities was said to violate the eighth amendment. Proposition…
