California

"In California, Some Want To Be On Death Row; Life Is Better There"

Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The title of this post is the headline of this new NPR entry, which is itself a follow-up to this important new Los Angeles Times article discussing life on California's death row. The full headline for the LATimes piece captures...

• Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates - Vox Verax
• Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates - Los Angeles Times
• See the 5 articles on the same subject

More States Headed for California-style Financial Calamity?

Leiter Reports: A Group Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A new Pew Center study identifies nine states as heading in that grim direction: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. State universities generally, and Californian ones in particular, are conspicuous by their (in some...

California man charged with wearing Navy Cross, other medals he didn't earn

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A Palm Springs man who was never in the military has been charged with wearing the Navy's highest honor.Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles say 39-year-old Steven Burton was photographed wearing the Navy Cross along with the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and other medals.The U.S. attorney's office said Wednesday that a Navy commander attending her high school reunion noticed Burton...

California Lt. Governor receives a ONE band… and a seat in Congress

ONE (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Two weeks ago I met then California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi. I had read about the peace mission he led during the Ethiopian Eritrea war 1998-2000, but during our conversation we discussed his family’s work with the peace corps early in his adult life. He and his wife Patti began their marriage serving together in [...]

Pew report says states face budget deficits, economic challenges similar to California's

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

California leads the most vulnerable states identified by Pew, which describes it as having poor money-management practices. According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, California has made nearly $60 billion in budget adjustments — in the form of cuts to education and social service programs, temporary tax hikes, one-time gimmicks and stimulus spending — since February as tax revenues...

Former Miss California USA calls sex tape her "biggest mistake"

Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean calls a sex tape she made for an ex-boyfriend several years ago "the biggest mistake of my life."

Former suspect in California gang rape case says he tried to help 16-year-old victim

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday

RICHMOND, Calif. - A man who was arrested but later released in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl outside a high school homecoming dance in California says he didn't take part in the attack, but was trying to help the girl.

Nine states seen in peril similar to California: report

Reuters (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California, the Golden State that has been pummeled by economic problems ranging from plunging revenues to political spending battles, may soon find that it is not alone.

Financial gloom and doom -- California is not alone

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 16 minutes ago

California is in terrible financial shape, but it's not alone among states in the country, a report published today by the Pew Center on the States has found. The news is unlikely to quiet the...

Blog: Nevada one of nine states to mimic California's financial peril

Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A new report by the Pew Center on the States ranks Nevada as one of nine states that share many of the same factors that are "driving California to the brink of insolvency."

Pew Identifies States, Like California, in Fiscal Peril

News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A report released today by the Pew Center on the States shows that some of the same pressures that have pushed California toward economic disaster are wreaking havoc in a number of other states, with potentially damaging consequences for the entire country. Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin join California as the 10 most troubled states, according...

Pew report says 9 states face budget deficits, economic challenges similar to California's

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

That could mean higher taxes, more layoffs of government employees, increasingly crowded classrooms and fewer services in states that account for more than one-third of America's population and economic output.

Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Given the state moratorium on executions and an appeals process that can last for decades, inmates can expect to live a long time, and with privileges other prisoners lack. White supremacist gang hit man Billy Joe Johnson got what he asked for from the Orange County jury that convicted him of first-degree murder last month: a death sentence.

Panel backs no-fishing zones off Southern California coast

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

At an emotional meeting, a state panel imposes the landmark restrictions to help restore species, catches of which have dropped up to 95%. The plan was forged out of contentious negotiations. A state blue-ribbon panel unanimously approved landmark fishing restrictions Tuesday for Southern California, creating a patchwork of havens for marine life designed to replenish the seas while leaving some waters...

New L&C Law Scholarship: California Proposition 2

BoleyBlogs! (Free subscription) | yesterday

Marianne Dellinger, California Proposition 2: A Watershed Moment For Animal Law, 15 Animal Law 149 (2009) Courts and prosecutorial offices around the nation have started using service dogs to support emotionally frail child witnesses who are unwilling to testify but for the calming presence of a dog. Proponents claim that this new type of therapeutic jurisprudence [...]

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Orange County Lawyers

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