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SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released Upon Re-Sentencing

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|Date: August 13, 2019
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SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released Upon Re-Sentencing

San Francisco - In what is believed to be the first of its kind, a San Francisco County Judge John K. Ste ...

San Francisco - In what is believed to be the first of its kind, a San Francisco County Judge John K. Stewart ruled that the prosecution had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, during an evidentiary ...

August 13, 2019
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SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released upon Re-Sentencing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2019
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SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released upon Re-Sentencing

San Francisco - In what is believed to be the first of its kind, San Francisco County Judge John K. Stewa ...

San Francisco - In what is believed to be the first of its kind, San Francisco County Judge John K. Stewart ruled that the prosecution had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, during an evidentiary h ...

August 13, 2019
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Dispute Over Who the Driver Was Highlights 1437 Hearing

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|Date: August 08, 2019
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Dispute Over Who the Driver Was Highlights 1437 Hearing

By Ehsan Sadeghi San Francisco - San Francisco’s first evidentiary hearing under California’s new felony- ...

By Ehsan Sadeghi San Francisco - San Francisco’s first evidentiary hearing under California’s new felony-murder law continued for a second day, with the accident reconstruction expert testifying befor ...

August 08, 2019
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Evidentiary Hearing Held to Determine Murder Conviction Under New SB 1437 Law

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|Date: August 06, 2019
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Evidentiary Hearing Held to Determine Murder Conviction Under New SB 1437 Law

by Nabil Sirur San Francisco – Will a San Francisco judge throw out 13-year-old murder convictions under ...

by Nabil Sirur San Francisco – Will a San Francisco judge throw out 13-year-old murder convictions under the recently passed SB 1437 law that eliminates the felony murder in cases where the individual ...

August 06, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Reform of Felony Murder Rule Critical To Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: July 22, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Reform of Felony Murder Rule Critical To Criminal Justice Reform

By Nancy Skinner and Joel Anderson In January, California ended a decades-old legal doctrine that put num ...

By Nancy Skinner and Joel Anderson In January, California ended a decades-old legal doctrine that put numerous people behind bars for murders they did not commit. Yet six months after the new state la ...

July 22, 2019
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AG’s Office Argues SB 1437 is Constitutional in Opposition Brief in Appellate Case

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|Date: July 15, 2019
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AG’s Office Argues SB 1437 is Constitutional in Opposition Brief in Appellate Case

Across the state there has been a battle over the constitutionality of SB 1437. The bill became law on J ...

Across the state there has been a battle over the constitutionality of SB 1437. The bill became law on January 1, and it eliminates the possibility of charging people with first degree murder in crim ...

July 15, 2019
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Commentary: California Repeals the Felony Murder Rule

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2018
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Commentary: California Repeals the Felony Murder Rule

This week Neko Wilson became the first person released from prison under reforms to the felony murder rul ...

This week Neko Wilson became the first person released from prison under reforms to the felony murder rule law. As reported by Fresno TV, the new state law compelled the prosecution to drop the murde ...

October 24, 2018
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SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released Upon Re-Sentencing

SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released Upon Re-Sentencing

SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released upon Re-Sentencing

SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released upon Re-Sentencing

Dispute Over Who the Driver Was Highlights 1437 Hearing

Dispute Over Who the Driver Was Highlights 1437 Hearing

Evidentiary Hearing Held to Determine Murder Conviction Under New SB 1437 Law

Evidentiary Hearing Held to Determine Murder Conviction Under New SB 1437 Law

Guest Commentary: Reform of Felony Murder Rule Critical To Criminal Justice Reform

Guest Commentary: Reform of Felony Murder Rule Critical To Criminal Justice Reform

AG’s Office Argues SB 1437 is Constitutional in Opposition Brief in Appellate Case

AG’s Office Argues SB 1437 is Constitutional in Opposition Brief in Appellate Case

Commentary: California Repeals the Felony Murder Rule

Commentary: California Repeals the Felony Murder Rule

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