By Zoey Hou SACRAMENTO, CA– In Judge Helen R. Gweon’s courtroom here in Sacramento County Su ...
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Crime Restitution – Judge Concurs with Objection to Additional $14,000 Charge to Defendant
By Zoey Hou SACRAMENTO, CA– In a restitution case for defendant Andre Weary, the judge and prosecut ...
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Two Strikes, And…Judge Explains Consequences of Defendant’s Burglary Crimes
By Zoey Hou SACRAMENTO, CA– In Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette’s department ...
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‘Accountability Huge’ – Judge Discusses Likelihood of Defendant’s Return to Court if Released Pretrial
By Zoey Hou WOODLAND, CA – In an arraignment hearing for defendant Dana Richelle Croft, Judge Tom Dy ...
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Judge, ‘Feeling Nice,’ Gives Single Mother Community Service Instead of County Jail
By Zoey Hou FRESNO, CA– A judge here, who said she was “feeling nice,” sentenced a woman with a thr ...
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Analysis and Recommendation for ‘Re-Imagining Public Safety in the US’ – Human Rights Watch
By Zoey Hou NEW YORK, NY – Almost a year ago, on Aug. 12, 2020, Human Rights Watch produced an art ...
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Man Arrested for Possession, Sale of Drugs; Trial Set Because of ‘Totality of Circumstances’
By Zoey Hou SACRAMENTO, CA– In a preliminary hearing here Thursday in Sacramento County Superior Cou ...
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California’s Mission to Reduce Crime, Retail Theft, and General Violence: A Press Conference on AB 311
By Zoey Hou LOS ANGELES, CA – Gov. Gavin Newsom joined law enforcement leaders, legislators, and lo ...
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Judge Gives Defendant the Benefit of the Doubt: Matters for Serna Motion Continued
By Zoey Hou FRESNO, CA – Judge William Terrence in the Fresno County Superior Court Dept. 1 Wednesda ...
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The Sentencing Project Finds Huge Racial Disparities Among Youth, a Wake Up Call for Reform
By Zoey Hou and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – The Sentencing Project has found new racial and ethni ...