Crime Victims
State Prison Shift Puts Skid Row at Risk
Los Angles Downtown News by Ryan Vaillancourt | Posted: Friday, November 4, 2011 3:52 pm DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – In September 2006, city officials launched the Safer Cities Initiative, a plan to crack down on petty crime in Skid Row. The bolstered police presence led to a plunge in criminal activity and steep reductions in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Federal appeals court upholds Proposition 9
Capitol Alert – Sacramento Bee March 25, 2010 A three-judge federal appellate panel today overturned Sacramento federal Judge Lawrence Karlton and reinstated the tough parole revocation procedures adopted by California voters two years ago in Proposition 9. The measure, sponsored by state Sen. George Runner and a coalition of tough-on-crime groups, had been challenged by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Budget plan will unleash crime wave in communities
Published online on Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2009 By Jerry P. Dyer The economic downturn, increased unemployment rates and a rise in alcohol consumption and drug use have created an irritable and unpredictable society that has the potential to negatively influence crime rates. All of this, coupled with the increased number of parolees on our streets [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Key portion of victims-rights proposition thrown out by judge
Los Angeles Times 2:53 PM | March 26, 2009 A key part of a victims-rights measure that voters approved in November has been overturned by a federal judge, who ruled the state must provide attorneys for parole violators when it is considering whether to send them back to prison. Senior Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of [...]
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