Tracy Kaplan

Supporters get themselves situated in a bus before it leaves De-Bug headquarters in San Jose on Friday. A group from the social justice group Silicon Valley De-Bug and supporters gathered early in the morning to board a bus to make the trip to Sacramento to attend a public hearing on proposed regulations regarding Prop. 57. Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act was approved by voters in 2016. De-Bug supports the regulations. - Dan Honda — Bay Area News Group

Debate rages on about which inmates should be released early

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> Ten months after California voters approved a proposition allowing thousands of prison inmates to apply for early release, a debate is still raging over who ought to be...

Challenge already filed to measure that would speed executions

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Although California voters soundly rejected abolishing the death penalty and appear to have approved a measure to speed up executions, don’t expect anything to change soon — if at all.Proposition...

California weighs earlier release for some prisoners

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> For the third time in four years, California voters are being asked to approve an initiative that would soften the state’s tough-on-crime laws — this time by allowing...

Gov. Brown signs final bills of session

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown signed shuffled through hundreds of bills last week, including a flurry of activity Friday in which he signed several high profile measures.Perhaps the most notable...

Brown OKs nation’s 1st ban on grand juries

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday making California the first state in the nation to ban the use of grand juries to decide whether police officers should face...

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