Guest Commentary: The Fatal Flaw of Judicial Politics – How Outrage Around Brock Turner Led to Centuries of Extra Prison Time
Calls for harsher sentences disproportionately hurt Black and Brown people — not people convicted of sex crimes…
Judge Recalled for Light Rape Sentence – But Law Prof Questions Was It ‘Justice’
By Kaylee Pearlman LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA – In 2015, Brock Turner was handed a light sentence…
Santa Clara DA Targets Journalist with Petty Prosecution
A bitter divorce and a bad experience in the family courts drove 55-year-old Susan Bassi to become…
Guest Commentary: Remember the Stanford Rape Victim When Voting on Prop. 57
By Matt Rexroad Before you vote on Proposition 57, please take a moment to think about the…
Governor Signs Bill In Response To Stanford Rape Case Verdict
(From Press Release) – Assembly Bill 2888 by Assemblymembers Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley)…
Eye on the Courts: Brock Turner’s Release Touches A Nerve
The release of Brock Turner from Santa Clara County Jail, combined with the California legislature’s efforts to…
Justice Watch: Moving Back to Mandatory Minimums, Ferguson Effect, Murder Charges For Atlanta Police Office
California Moves Back to Mandatory Minimums in Response to Brock Turner This week the California State Legislature…
Dodd Bill Responding to Stanford Rape Case Passes Legislation
(From Press Release) – Assembly Bill 2888, by State Legislators Asm. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Asm. Evan Low…
Public Defenders Association Concerned with Threat to Judicial Independence
(From Press Release) – The California Public Defenders Association underlines the need for judicial independence, in contrast…
Bill in Response to Stanford Rape Case Clears Key Vote
(From Press Release) – AB 2888, by State Legislators Asm. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Asm. Evan Low (D-Silicon…
Sunday Commentary: Dodd’s Sexual Assault Bill Takes Us in the Wrong Direction
In the aftermath of Judge Aaron Persky’s decision to sentence Brock Turner to probation and six months…
Dodd Among Three Legislators to Attempt to Eliminate Probation for Sexual Assault Cases
In the wake of what the legislators are calling a “shockingly lenient sentence given to Brock Turner…
