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Category Archives: Criminal Justice
Bratton Report a 'Serious Indictment' of Oakland Police Department
Oakland residents might be forgiven if they feel they've been watching an episode of HBO’s popular series The Wire. The summary of the Bratton Report released Thursday on OPD's crime reduction strategy contained a number of criticisms related to the … Continue reading
Berkeley Death in Police Custody Was Accidental, Probe Concludes
by Alex Emslie The in-custody death of a Berkeley resident, which has fueled speculation about police conduct and calls for transparency, was accidental and due to acute combined drug intoxication, according to documents released late last Friday. Kayla Moore, a … Continue reading
San Francisco Again Tries to Deal With Chronic Alcoholics
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By Alex Emslie San Francisco is beginning two novel criminal justice programs aimed at steering chronic offenders into different sorts of treatment. Although there is some overlap between the Serial Inebriate Program and the chronic offenders program, the efforts are … Continue reading
SF's Gascon Pushes For Data-Driven Approach in Tracking Offenders ... and Prosecutors
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The San Francisco district attorney's office is just around the corner from some of the world’s most cutting-edge data collectors and data miners. Yet, according to DA George Gascon, his office is stuck in the 1970s. To leap forward a … Continue reading
Calif. Assembly Bill Would Let Non-Citizens Serve on Juries
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The California Assembly passed a bill on Thursday that would make the state the first in the nation to allow non-citizens who are in the country legally to serve on jury duty. Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, said … Continue reading
Brown Vows To Take Prison Population Battle Back To Supreme Court
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When it comes to California’s prison population, Gov. Jerry Brown is in a tough spot. On the one hand, federal judges are threatening him with contempt if he doesn’t reduce the state’s prison population by about 9,000 before the end … Continue reading
News Pix: Joshua Trees in Bloom, Oakland Artists Face Eviction and San Jose Tattoo Removal
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It's been an incredible spring for Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert and throughout the Southwest. The strange and gangly desert forest is in the last stages of an unusually rich and widespread bloom. (Caitlin Esch/KQED) Residents of a small … Continue reading
Court Ruling on Prisons a Setback for Gov. Brown
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Governor Jerry Brown continues to travel through China, taking a bullet train from Beijing to Shanghai, inking trade deals and setting a brisk pace. But when the governor gets home next week from his largely successful trade and business trip, … Continue reading
Ex-Officers Often Investigate Police-Involved Shootings
by Shoshana Walter, The Bay Citizen After Oakland police Officer Miguel Masso shot and killed 18-year-old Alan Blueford last May, prosecutors quickly released their investigator’s findings about the incident, amid a public outcry and a protest that shut down a … Continue reading
Judge Rules Against Calif. Control of Prison Mental Health Programs
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's bid to regain state control of inmates' mental health care, citing systematic failures to reduce prison suicides, provide timely care and hire enough staff. The decision is … Continue reading
