July 2017

The East Bay Express reports that the presiding judge of Alameda County’s superior court told a board of supervisors committee today that past decisions made by the City of Oakland and the sheriff’s office forced him to make a controversial decision to move nearly all in-custody arraignments from Oakland to the new courthouse in Dublin. […]

The L.A. Times reports that Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions has expanded the authority of law enforcement to seize criminal suspects’ money and property, bucking a movement in Congress and many states to rein in a practice that critics said led to flagrant abuses and was unconstitutional.  You can read the full article here.