If you’re accused of a crime, will someone investigate your side of the story? In California, there’s no guarantee.

California Criminal Defense Attorney David Wohl told Fox News Digital that case overloads have been a "problem state-wide." In Riverside County, he said, there have been a number of felony cases ...

Old criminal records hinder Californians from fully participating ... and argued it’s fairer to instead grant relief to everyone who qualifies. California began automatically sealing old ...

The less the contractor spends on each case, the greater ... s guarantee of counsel to criminal defendants, and should be banned. It’s opposed by the California District Attorneys Association ...

California. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Since the start of 2023, more than 1,000 misdemeanor criminal cases have fallen through the cracks, expiring without a decision on ...

The majority of Cal-OSHA cases involve civil penalties ... said that the BOI plays a crucial role in California’s criminal justice system. “The BOI’s investigative reports are critical ...

In that way they are just like criminal defendants in every other state — protected, at least in theory, by the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel. But California is one of only four states ...

Prop 47 was among these efforts, which substantially reduced California’s prison population. “Criminal justice swings ... maintaining a unit that analyzes cases to determine if innocent ...

Hundreds of people arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor crimes in one California county ... more than 1,000 misdemeanor criminal cases have fallen through the cracks, expiring without a decision ...