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People arrested in the state of California will see a dramatic shift in the terms of their detainment pending trial under a new law set to take effect in October 2019. The recently passed Senate Bill 10, or the California Money Bail Reform Act, eliminates cash bond in favor of nonmonetary bail conditions. Gov. Edmund […]

The office of the Santa Clara District Attorney’s “Conviction Integrity Unit” is going through the arduous effort of scanning previously sentenced individuals for details where microscopic hairs have been utilized in a guilty verdict. These tiny pieces have been used to convict persons from everything including rapes, child molestations, kidnappings, and murders. What has prompted […]

Two Criminal Trials for The Price of One – Budgetary Concerns and Criminal Justice in Santa Clara Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s analysis of the two-jury criminal trials in the Mercury news lacks merit.  To begin with, Criminal trials are difficult and require a constant focus that is, at times, difficult with one jury.  […]

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In the state of California, immigration issues have long remained at the forefront of many political debates.  Now, Mark Zuckerberg, made famous for being the founder of Facebook, has thrown his hat in by creating “Fwd.us.,” an advocacy group for immigration reform.  This announcement comes on the back of San Francisco State student Jose Vargas, […]