Bonta Announces First State Post-Conviction Unit; Yolo’s About to Turn a Decade Old
Up to 5,700 Wrongful Convictions in California, Experts Estimate By Robert J Hansen California Attorney General Rob…
Yolo County DA Discusses Resentencing Unit
By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA – The Yolo District Attorney’s office through its Conviction and Sentence…
Sunday Commentary: Reisig Has Resentenced 10 People… In Three Years
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – This week I was talking with someone who…
Commentary: Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing Has Profound Limitations
By Rory Fleming Following the 2018 passage of AB 2942, California’s first-in-the-nation “prosecutor-initiated resentencing” law, Hillary Blout…
Since 2019, Yolo DA Has Resentenced 10 People under Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing Program
By Robert J. Hansen Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig spoke at a For the People webinar…
Report: Thousands of Incarcerated People in California Are Serving Excessively Long Sentences and Could Be Safely Released
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – A report released this month found that, despite…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 120: Cesar McDowell Turns His Life Around at San Quentin
Cesar McDowell chronicles his journey from San Quentin to becoming, while still incarcerated, the co-founder and CEO…
‘1170(d)’ Not Just for Reform-Minded DAs – Broad Coalition Looking into Re-Sentencing in California and Beyond
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor OAKLAND, CA – AB 2942 passed into law in 2018, revising…
Guest Commentary: In Support of the For the People Act
By Steve Murphy (Editor’s Notes: The following remarks were delivered Thursday at the rally with Representative John…
Guest Commentary: 21st Century Impasse for Democracy
By Scott Steward The following is based on the article “Facing Down Jim Crow, Again” by Ari…
