In 1991, a 17-year-old in Ventura County was sentenced to life without parole for two murders. He has now spent more than 30 years in prison — longer than he lived free. If he were arrested today, he ...

Eight years ago, then-Gov. Jerry Brown hoodwinked California voters into making it easier for violent sex offenders to shorten their prison sentences. A month ago, the 2016 ballot measure that Brown ...

California Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements Initiative or Proposition 57 aims to change a few things in California’s criminal justice system: non-violent ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — If you drove by River Park Saturday, you probably saw a large group of people at the intersection of Blackstone and Nees Avenues. Folks were peacefully protesting to fix ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Families across the Central Valley who have lost children to violent crimes continue to push for changes to Proposition 57, now, one father from the group is adding his ...

The original ballot title and summary of Proposition 57 is the “Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016,” which couldn’t be further from the truth from what this poorly written and ill-advised ...

Four years ago, amid a national reckoning on race and policing, a prosecutor-backed effort to strengthen criminal penalties in California went before voters. That proposal, known as Proposition 20, ...

For over a decade, the pendulum in California’s criminal justice policy has swung from a tough-on-crime approach prioritizing incarceration toward an approach emphasizing non-carceral strategies. In ...