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Posts Tagged ‘federal court’

One year after Proposition 47’s passage, is it working in the Bay Area?

By Libby Leyden | October 28, 2015 | 1
Brendon Woods, a public defender in Alameda County, spoke Oct. 15th in Oakland about the effectiveness of Prop. 47. Photo by Libby Leyden

As the one-year anniversary of Prop. 47’s passage approaches, many people working in the state’s legal system are evaluating its effectiveness.

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Twelve years after the Riders, a long legal process is reaching its final stage

By Monica Cruz-Rosas | December 20, 2011 | 17

Twelve years ago, the arrest of four police officers known as the “Riders” who were accused of planting evidence and making false arrests, shocked Oakland residents and prompted a civil lawsuit against the city. Now, the long legal process that the case set in motion is reaching its final stages.

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