by Ally Keegan | May 18, 2021 | Criminal Law, Latest News
Assembly Bill 717, introduced in the California State Assembly in February 2021, would require the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to provide all prisoners California ID cards or driver’s licenses upon their release from custody. State...
by Ally Keegan | May 18, 2021 | Criminal Law, Latest News
Often, when an individual reports a sexual assault, they may be asked to undergo a SART examination (or, in more colloquial terms, a “rape kit”). This is the forensic examination conducted to determine whether there is DNA evidence from the alleged perpetrator or...
by Ally Keegan | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Law, Latest News
Only two and a half weeks after Derek Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, Chauvin and three other former police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury for civil rights violations in connection with Floyd’s...
by Ally Keegan | May 2, 2021 | Latest News
Ahmaud Arbery was 25 years old when he was shot and killed in Georgia on February 23, 2020. Arbery had been jogging in his hometown when a father-son pair armed themselves, got in their truck, and began chasing Arbery and cutting off his running route. A third man...
by Ally Keegan | May 2, 2021 | Latest News
Much of the world came to a screeching halt at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the criminal justice system was no exception. Criminal courts shut down almost entirely for several weeks before slowly beginning to open back up. Among the vulnerable...
by Ally Keegan | Jan 19, 2021 | Criminal Law, Latest News, Prison and Parole
California’s Assembly Bill 1950 went into effect on January 1, 2021, shortening the probation periods for many offenses statewide. And AB 1950, which amends sections 1203a and 1203.1 of the Penal Code, might come as a pleasant surprise to some California probationers....
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