The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a former Orange County Superior Court judge’s racist and sexist jokes during a capital murder trial were “inexcusable,” but did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation requiring reversal of the death sentence.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 14 other attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in support of a petition to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that strikes down a Washington state law banning employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, warning that the ruling could cause significant mental, physical and financial harm to residents.
New DNA testing has cleared Kenneth Clair of the 1984 murder of a Santa Ana nanny, and his legal team is urging the Orange County District Attorney to declare him legally innocent.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied qualified immunity to two Oakland police officers accused of provoking a deadly pursuit that resulted in the death of Lolomania “Lolo” Soakai and the serious injury of his mother and others, allowing the Soakai family’s federal civil rights lawsuit to proceed.
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