714-997-4400Voting Rights for Felons
The United States is a democracy, which means that every citizen has the right to vote after maturing to the proper age. It’s a right that’s never taken for granted; a significant number of countries around the world do not permit their citizen’s such liberties. When we vote for someone running for office or a […]
Miranda Rights for Youth
Miranda rights are straightforward for most Americans, even for people who have never had a run-in with the law. Millions of people have heard them read, time and time again, on television and in the movies. One doesn’t need to be a criminal to grasp the importance of not saying anything that is self-incriminating. A […]
SB 239 Signed Into Law
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that practically every American adult has feared contracting at some point or another. One could even say that people growing up in the 1980’s and after were taught to always use protection, for fear of contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Particularly HIV, which can lead to […]
The Menendez Brothers Murders
In the United States, we have long been fascinated by the genre known as “true crime.” There is hardly a household in America that does not dedicate a block of time to watching shows like Law & Order and CSI which are often inspired by real events. Others opt for the reality TV approach, such […]
Seal Beach Massacre – Eight Life Sentences
Some of our readers may remember when a custody dispute escalated to mass murder nearly six years ago. On October 12, 2011, Scott Evan Dekraai walked into Salon Meritage beauty salon in Seal Beach to kill his ex-wife, Michelle Fournier. If that weren’t bad enough, he opened fire thus killing a total of eight people […]
Policing for Profit in California
Civil asset forfeiture is a product of the American “war on drugs.” We have covered this subject in recent months due to the passing of Senate Bill 443. The bill went into effect in California at the beginning of the year, prohibiting law enforcement from seizing assets valued at less than $40,000 without a criminal […]
District Judge Anderson Rejects Bail
Over the last year and beyond, we have been closely following the developments of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca. Recently we wrote about a Federal Judge sentencing Baca to three-years in Federal prison for obstructing an FBI investigation into abuse of county jail inmates. Of course, Baca’s attorney is challenging the guilty verdict […]
Judge Persky Judicial Recall Continues
The story continues regarding the recall of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, following his controversial sentencing of former Stanford University Swimmer, Brock Turner. If you were one of the millions of Americans who felt that a six-month sentence for raping a fellow student was far too lenient, then it’s likely that you […]
Money Bail System Debate Continues
California’s money bail system is on the minds of many people across the state, as efforts continue to do away with the practice. In the last year we have covered this topic a couple times, as it could result in major changes in the criminal justice system. Opponents of the money bail system argue that […]