Guest Commentary: The Financial Toll of Intimate Partner Violence – A Call for Accountability in Legal System Costs
By Judi Atwood Amidst an urgent global need to address Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), it becomes crucial…
Lake Tahoe Preparatory Teacher Charged with Felony Assault and Child Abuse, Pleads Not Guilty
By Robert J. Hansen Lake Tahoe Preparatory School teacher Nicola Jane Kennedy was charged with felony assault…
Former Chief On-Air Medical Correspondent for NBC Pleads No Contest to Soliciting Nude Pictures from Child
By Destiny Gurrola LOS ANGELES, CA – Former chief medical correspondent for NBC Dr. Bruce Hensel was…
Woman Charged with Felony Child Abuse Granted Supervised Release
By Alyssa Eng and Britney Cao WOODLAND, CA – In Yolo County Superior Court this week, a…
Mandatory Reporting Was Supposed to Stop Severe Child Abuse. It Punishes Poor Families Instead.
by Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning…
‘That’s Appalling,’ Judge Responds to Lack of Notary Services in Federal Prison System
By Daniella Dueñas WOODLAND, CA – In Yolo County Superior Court this week, the accused faced a…
Man Sentenced to 23 Years for Kidnapping and Endangering the Life of a Child
By Daniella Dueñas WOODLAND, CA – The accused walked inside Yolo County Superior Court last Thursday, knowing…
10-Year-Old ‘Jane Doe’ Testifies about Sexual Assault While Mother Was in Vegas
By Michele Chadwick MODESTO, CA – A young “Jane Doe” testified this week in the preliminary hearing…
Davis Couple Charged with Drug Crimes, Child Endangerment
By Veronica Miller WOODLAND, CA – A couple was bound over for trial here in Yolo County…
Defendant Given 1,080-day Sentence after Being Charged with Felony Child Abuse
By Stacie Guevara WOODLAND, CA – After being charged in Yolo County Superior Court Tuesday morning with…
Zero Bail Denied to Man for Alleged ‘Animalistic’ Abuse of Eight-Month-Old Child
By Leslie Ortiz SACRAMENTO, CA – Despite a man’s clean record, Judge Curtis M. Fiorini denied bail…
Alleged Child Abuse Jury Trial Ongoing: Two Expert Witnesses Shed Light on the Realities of Malnutrition
By Julia Urquizo RIVERSIDE, CA – Expert witnesses were called to testify Tuesday morning at the Riverside…
Domestic Abuse Call Leads to 11-Hour Standoff with Child Hostage – Defendant Asks for Visitation Rights
By Alexander Pleitez FRESNO, CA — In a Fresno County Superior Court hearing last week, Miguel Rubio…
Judge Conflicted at Bail Review Hearing, Eventually Grants Pretrial Release in Child Abuse Case
By Allison Hodge SACRAMENTO, CA– Defendant Adam Martinez was granted level six pretrial release at his bail…
Defendant Faces Child Abuse Charges for Alleged Harming an Eight-Month-Old Infant
By Anna Zheng SACRAMENTO, CA – Adam Martinez appeared in Sacramento County Superior Court Thursday for a…
Restraining Order Granted to Daughter-In-Law After Claim Grandfather Struck Grandkids – But Order for Outside Only; They Live in Same House
By Stacie Guevara MERCED, CA – After being accused of striking his grandchildren without their parents’ consent,…
Couple Pleads to Abusing 1-Year-Old Child, Causing Death to 6-Week-Old Infant
By Leah Timmerman and Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO, CA – Defendants Jana Lee and Joshua Kennedy Tuesday here…
Alleged DUI, Child Abuse Defendant Given Time to Post Bail as Arraignment Continued
By Matthew Liscovitz WOODLAND – While the future of cash bail in California courts was in the…
Defendant Accused of Giving Her Daughter GHB
By Zhuoshan Liu SACRAMENTO – Assistant Public Defender Michael Mullan disagreed late last week with Deputy District…
Woman Charged with Child Abuse, Possession of Firearm and Drugs
By Ayanna Gandhi SACRAMENTO – At a Sacramento County Superior Court hearing, defendant Brianna Saks faced charges…
