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March 12, 2021 A federal appeals court upheld death-row inmates Robert Lee Walden’s convictions in the rapes of three Tucson woman within weeks of each other in 1991, and the murder of one of his victims. It rejected Walden’s claims that he should have been tried separately for each crime and that police influenced witnesses in the case. (Photo by Tim Evanson/Creative Commons) WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Friday upheld the convictions of an Arizona death-row inmate for the rapes of three Tucson women, one of whom was murdered, over the course of several weeks in 1991. A three-ju...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Gun enthusiasts view AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle upper receiver parts and kits at a 2015 gun show in Del Mar, Calif. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Ruling that struck down California ban on large-capacity gun magazines is vacated for rehearing SAN DIEGO — A recent appellate court decision that struck down California’s ban on possessing large-capacity gun magazines has been vacated as a broader panel of the court readies to rehear the San Diego-based case. The appeal was initially decided in August in a split decision by a three-judge panel of t...

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has moved to vacate the decision of a three judge panel that ruled California’s ban on the acquisition and possession of ammunition magazines that can hold more than ten rounds violated the Second Amendment, granting a motion to rehear the case with a broader pool of judges in an opinion released Thursday afternoon. While on the surface this may look like bad news, it’s not unexpected. Virtually every pro-Second Amendment opinion coming out of the Ninth Circuit is reheard by an en banc panel, and plaintiffs in this case,...

Bakersfield ICE critic who alleges retaliation for free speech allowed to sue over detention FacebookTwitterEmail Edith Mata, a Bakersfield College student, speaks to a circle of supporters of Bakersfield activist Jose Bello outside the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco in 2019. Bello was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement two days after performing a poem criticizing immigration policies.Gwendolyn Wu / The Chronicle 2019 An undocumented immigrant activist who was jailed after publicly reading a poem critical of Trump administration policies can sue the government fo...

Trump administration can limit food stamp money to poorest Californians, court rules FacebookTwitterEmail An electronic benefit transfer card, which food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance in Sacramento.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press The Trump administration does not have to provide an additional $60 per month in food stamp benefits to poor Californians who now receive the maximum nationwide amount under the nutrition program, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday. About 4.5 million Californians in 2.4 million h...