New California AG Rob Bonta says criminal justice system is fundamentally broken. He wants to take a different approach Written by Danielle Chiriguayo and Amy Ta, produced by Michell Eloy
May. 25, 2021California MORE “Too many folks are treated unfairly by a fundamentally broken criminal justice system,” says Rob Bonta. Photo by Shutterstock.
On this one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, local activists took to LA City Hall to commemorate Floyd’s life, and vigils and protests are happening elsewhere around the country.
Last year, California passed legislation that requires the Office of the State Attorney General to investigate all police shootings that result in the death of an unarmed civilian.
Fort Myers man gets 45 years in prison for sexual abuse of child
Published: May 17, 2021 10:21 PM EDT
Updated: May 17, 2021 11:10 PM EDT
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Office of the State Attorney 20th Judicial Circuit confirmed Monday Mark Anthony Rudolph, 37, of Fort Myers, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for crimes against a child.
According got the 20th Judicial Circuit press release, Rudolph was arrested in March 2021 following an investigation by Lee County Sheriff’s
Office.
The crimes were discovered after the child’s mother looked at their phone and saw
messages between the victim and a friend about the sexual abuse. She then reported it to law enforcement after confronting the defendant.
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Kristen Clarke, President Biden s nominee to the assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Justice Department, walked back her past criticism of multiple moderate senators and Justice Brett Kavanaugh in a Judiciary Committee questionnaire submitted late last month.
Clarke s nomination was advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote Thursday after a contentious hearing in April. But her nomination still hangs in the balance as four key swing-vote senators swill haven t publicly announced whether they ll vote to confirm her. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., all have yet to announce whether they will support Clarke.
Families of women killed in Winter Park New Year’s Eve crash demand justice
Prosecutors say more than 6,000 felony cases still open dating back to 2018
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Nearly four years after a deadly crash in Winter Park took the lives of two young women, their families are still demanding justice.
Geena Pabarue and Keisha Parales, both 23, were killed.
Fonner was hospitalized, and he was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.
Now, nearly four years later, his case has yet to go to trial in Orange County.
“Our life stopped four years ago almost four years ago and everyone else’s life kept going,” said Pabarue’s sister Everyis Lopez.
Families and friends who have suffered the loss of a loved one to overdose are encouraged to tune in to this vigil and light a candle in remembrance of their loved ones.