Image by patpitchaya, iStock Images.Conditions in our county jails do not align with the values of Californians, the need for public safety or the promises of the Constitution.
Business meeting, blurred background and people in office for teamwork, collaboration and planning, Partnership, negotiation and group in solidarity for growth, consulting and corporate solutionOPINION – Enforcement alone is not enough. We cannot prosecute our way out of a system that is structurally vulnerable to fraud.
Image by phakphum patjangkataBy increasing incarceration, Prop 36 would expand a system of what many rightly call modern-day slavery. More bodies in cells means more nearly-free labor for corporations. This is where Prop 6 becomes crucial.
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Brown. (Photo: Steinberg Institute)San Francisco attorney Jennifer Johnson views her life and legal trajectory as “life before and life after” a devastating 2016 homicide case that forever changed her view of how the courts treat defendants who are mentally ill. The case in San Francisco Superior Court involved an 85-year-old defendant, Don Rebello, who suffered from severe dementia. Suddenly and for no apparent reason, he stabbed and killed his beloved friend and longtime roommate, Erik Kleins, 83 – two of three elderly men who had long shared a San Francisco home.