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 ...

Old criminal records hinder Californians from fully participating ... and argued it’s fairer to instead grant relief to everyone who qualifies. California began automatically sealing old ...

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 ...

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper and District Attorney Thien Ho are calling for reforms to California's mental health ...

The majority of Cal-OSHA cases involve civil penalties ... said that the BOI plays a crucial role in California’s criminal justice system. “The BOI’s investigative reports are critical ...

In that way they are just like criminal defendants in every other state — protected, at least in theory, by the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel. But California is one of only four states ...

Prop 47 was among these efforts, which substantially reduced California’s prison population. “Criminal justice swings ... maintaining a unit that analyzes cases to determine if innocent ...