Bill Aimed At Mandatory Felony For Parolees Who Cut Off GPS Bracelet
A Southland lawmaker said Monday new data supports his efforts in Sacramento to crack down on parolees who remove GPS-ankle bracelets.
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A Southland lawmaker said Monday new data supports his efforts in Sacramento to crack down on parolees who remove GPS-ankle bracelets.
California's governor has been asked to make the final decision on whether a former Charles Manson follower will be released on parole after serving more than 40 years in prison.
A group of USC law students filed a formal request to Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday to grant parole to a 66-year-old terminally ill woman who has been behind bars for 25 years for killing her abusive partner.
A court overturned the rape conviction of a man who authorities say pretended to be a sleeping woman's boyfriend before initiating intercourse, ruling that an arcane law from 1872 doesn't protect unmarried women in such cases.
A former Los Angeles city commissioner who blamed a tumor for his partiality to child pornography was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Monday afternoon.
A former Orange County martial arts instructor and soccer coach has been sentenced to nearly 300 years in prison for molesting 11 students.
An Anaheim woman was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Friday for killing her baby after giving birth in an Orange County restaurant where she worked.
California voters defeated Proposition 34, which would have abolished the death penalty in the state.
A Cabazon mother convicted of molesting her three young daughters could spend the rest of life in prison.
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced for intentionally running over and killing a local grandfather on a bicycle.
When she spoke to CBS2 and KCAL9 reporter Serene Branson Wednesday evening, Eva Walden felt hopeless about the criminal justice system.
One prison employee was accused of bearing an inmate's child. Another was alleged to have sent nude photos of herself to an inmate's contraband cellphone.
A federal three-judge panel has given California corrections officials until January to say how they will reduce the state's inmate population to comply with an order upheld last year by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday announced signing a bill that could one day bring the release of some criminals who were sentenced as juveniles to life in prison.
An Orange County pastor has been sentenced to 330 years in prison for sexually assaulting five boys who were members of his parish.
A Southern California man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually attacking two women and stabbing one of them in the head.
A panel of federal judges won't consider easing its order that California sharply reduce its prison population to improve inmate care, but may give state officials more time to comply, the three judges said Friday.
An ex-business officer for the Lynwood Unified School District admitted Tuesday to taking more than $700,000 in public funds for his own personal use.
A former worker for California's employment agency has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for accepting more than $40,000 in bribes in return for wrongly issuing more than $500,000 in unemployment checks.
The man accused of breaking into the home of rapper and "NCIS Los Angeles" star LL COOL J was convicted of manslaughter more than 20 years ago, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
A Garden Grove man was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for beating his disabled roommate, who can't verbally communicate.
A Los Angeles judge Monday rejected bond for former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for spying on celebrities.
Eric Naposki was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for killing his lover's wealthy live-in boyfriend in 1994.
Matthew Castaneda, 36, will serve 15 years to life for his conviction in May of aggravated sexual assault of a child and committing a lewd act on a child younger than 14.
A career criminal who allegedly robbed six businesses in the San Fernando Valley was part of California's early release prison program, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
