Court Watch: Yolo Court Denies Reduction of Sentence, Keeps Parole Out of Reach
The judge rejected defense arguments for leniency and consolidation of credits, resulting in a six-year, four-month state prison sentence for the accused.
CDCR Faces Scrutiny as Salinas Valley Prison Sees Ongoing Hunger Strike
Incarcerated individuals at Salinas Valley State Prison have launched a hunger strike to protest ongoing violations of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s reforms, including arbitrary lockdowns and denial of access to rehabilitative programming.
California Lawmakers Move Forward with Youth Rehabilitation Act
Senate Bill 672, known as the Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act, has passed the Senate Appropriations Committee and now moves to the Senate floor for a vote, aiming to expand parole eligibility for individuals sentenced to life without parole for offenses committed before the age of 26.
Court Watch: Court Approves Multiple Rehab Programs for Defendant, Overruling Objections
A homeless man in Yolo County, California was sentenced to multiple rehabilitative programs, despite objections from his defense lawyer who argued he lacked the basic resources to participate meaningfully in the programs.
COURT WATCH: Petition for Resentencing – Man Denied Reduced Sentence Gets Another Chance after Lack of Victim Input
OAKLAND, CA – A man who spent 18 years in prison for a conviction of eight counts…
COURT WATCH: Dominguez Transferred to State Hospital
By Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – Alleged Davis serial stabber Carlos Dominguez was finally transferred to a…
COURT WATCH: Judge Refuses to Reduce Unhoused Man’s Felony Charge to Misdemeanor Despite Acknowledging Little Solid Evidence
By Yenah Lee and Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – An unhoused man charged with felony vandalism failed…
Yolo County Judge Refuses to File Bail Bond Motion Requested by Defense
By Julie McCaffrey WOODLAND, CA – In a bail bond motion in Yolo County Superior Court this…