Parole Hearing Transcripts Are Not Part of Record of Conviction in S.B. 1437 Hearings
By Stephen Liebb San Francisco Judge Brendan P. Conroy presided over a hearing under California’s new S.B….
Legislature Passed Bill That Prevents DA’s Offices from Demanding Waiving Future Rights
The San Diego District Attorney’s office last spring began inserting language into plea agreements demanding that defendants,…
Two Men Re-Sentenced and Released Under SB 1437
San Francisco – On Monday Judge John K. Stewart formally re-sentenced Emmitt Lewis and Michael Wilson to…
Vanguard Court Watch Episode 7 – Freeing the Innocent Under SB 1437
Emmitt Lewis and Michael Wilson, who were convicted of first degree murder stemming from a 2003 robbery…
SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released Upon Re-Sentencing
San Francisco – In what is believed to be the first of its kind, a San Francisco…
SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released upon Re-Sentencing
San Francisco – In what is believed to be the first of its kind, San Francisco County…
Dispute Over Who the Driver Was Highlights 1437 Hearing
By Ehsan Sadeghi San Francisco – San Francisco’s first evidentiary hearing under California’s new felony-murder law continued…
Evidentiary Hearing Held to Determine Murder Conviction Under New SB 1437 Law
by Nabil Sirur San Francisco – Will a San Francisco judge throw out 13-year-old murder convictions under…
Guest Commentary: Reform of Felony Murder Rule Critical To Criminal Justice Reform
By Nancy Skinner and Joel Anderson In January, California ended a decades-old legal doctrine that put numerous…
AG’s Office Argues SB 1437 is Constitutional in Opposition Brief in Appellate Case
Across the state there has been a battle over the constitutionality of SB 1437. The bill became…
Commentary: California Repeals the Felony Murder Rule
This week Neko Wilson became the first person released from prison under reforms to the felony murder…
