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California utility charged with manslaughter following deadly wildfire

JURIST

California prosecutors on Friday charged Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) — one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the US — with involuntary manslaughter, finding a connection between the utility’s equipment and the deaths of four people in the 2020 Zogg Fire.

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New York Eyes Further Rollback of Progressive Bail Reform

The Crime Report

Kathy Hochul is seeking to amend the state’s bail law by rolling back bans instituted in 2019 on cash bail for most misdemeanor and nonviolent felony offenses and, instead, letting judges set bail for more repeat offenders, as well as for people who are accused of a larger list of gun crimes, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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California DA Reports 42% of People Released on $0 Bond Rearrested 

The Crime Report

The Yolo County (California) District Attorney’s Office says they have been tracking people who were let out on zero-dollar bail and observed that almost half have been arrested again, reports FOX40. Since April 13, 2020, individuals released on $0 bail have committed over 908 new crimes in the county and 41.6

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The Secret Success of Federal Probationers

The Crime Report

These reports are part of the Commission’s statutory mandate and provide vital information and analysis to attorneys, scholars and the public. Unfortunately, the Commission’s July 2020 report on Federal Probation and Supervised Release Violations contains a major mistake that greatly overstates the dangerousness of federal probationers.

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Children and Guns: Holding Parents Accountable

The Crime Report

In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? The felony charges filed against the Crumbleys could result in a maximum prison sentence of 15 years on each count of involuntary manslaughter.

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Utah Self-Defense Law Makes It Harder to Charge Problem Cops

The Crime Report

While the legislation passed earlier this year didn’t address police directly, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gills says it will add a “new hurdle” for any prosecutor attempting to charge an officer, reports PBS. The yearly toll reached a new high of 1,021 fatal shootings in 2020.

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Supreme Court takes three cases and depublishes three opinions; dissenting votes in four review denials

At the Lectern

where the Second District, Division Five, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion , affirmed almost $170,000 in attorneys fees after a jury awarded less than $22,000 for a violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as the “lemon law”) in the sale of a used car. 2020) 50 Cal.App.5th

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