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CA: A Closer Look at Los Angeles County’s Troubling Death-Penalty Track Record

CA: A Closer Look at Los Angeles County’s Troubling Death-Penalty Track Record

by Bert | Jun 18, 2019 | California

A new report just published by the ACLU calls our attention to Los Angeles County. There, District Attorney Jackie Lacey—who has been under increasing scrutiny despite her claims of being a reformer—has presided over an organization that continues to waste the...
CA: The Pathetic and Predictable Path to Prosecutorial Impunity in Orange County

CA: The Pathetic and Predictable Path to Prosecutorial Impunity in Orange County

by Bert | May 21, 2019 | California

It feels like the Orange County Snitch Scandal has been going on for years without real accountability. The only concrete actions the public has seen anybody with a position of authority take against the prosecutors were Judge Goethals’s groundbreaking decisions to...
CA: Kern County Wrongful Conviction Raises Question: When are Prosecutors to Blame for Relying on False Scientific Evidence?

CA: Kern County Wrongful Conviction Raises Question: When are Prosecutors to Blame for Relying on False Scientific Evidence?

by Bert | Mar 16, 2018 | California

The California Supreme Court this week overturned the murder conviction and death sentence of Vicente Benavides. Kern County prosecutors relied on various medical experts when it prosecuted Mr. Benavides for the 1991 murder of a 21-month old girl named Consuelo...
Judge Goethals Punishes Orange County Law Enforcement for Cheating by Precluding Death Penalty for Scott Dekraai

Judge Goethals Punishes Orange County Law Enforcement for Cheating by Precluding Death Penalty for Scott Dekraai

by Bert | Aug 23, 2017 | California

It took some time, but Judge Thomas M. Goethals in Orange County finally resolved a defense motion to preclude capital punishment against the defendant in People v. Dekraai. James Queally of the LA Times put it well: “The county’s beleaguered law enforcement leaders...
CA: Tough-on-Crime Bay Area DA Resigns After Committing Crimes of His Own

CA: Tough-on-Crime Bay Area DA Resigns After Committing Crimes of His Own

by Bert | Jun 22, 2017 | California

Since he was first elected in 2010, Contra Costa District Attorney—rather, former Contra Costa District Attorney—Mark Peterson often staked claim to “tough on crime” territory. That punitive predilection was nowhere to be seen last week when Peterson resigned from...
CA: California Supreme Court Reinvigorates Batson Doctrine; Kern County Law Enforcement in the Spotlight Again

CA: California Supreme Court Reinvigorates Batson Doctrine; Kern County Law Enforcement in the Spotlight Again

by Bert | Jun 7, 2017 | California

Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green is not seeking re-election in 2018; perhaps that’s a wise move, considering the circumstances. Already bogged down in considerable muck created by an ever-growing law enforcement scandal, Green’s office is responsible for a...
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