Kimberly Torres

By Kimberly Torres WASHINGTON, DC —  The ACLU is promoting, “April is Second Chance Month,” focusing on the “barriers to re-entry that formerly incarcerated people face when returning to our communities, and the scarcity of second chances through clemency for people who are currently incarcerated.” “The overwhelming majority of people who are incarcerated return to their communities, often after needlessly long sentences.

By Kimberly Torres WOODLAND, CA – The defense questioned the legality of consent after a man here in Yolo County Superior Court this week maintained he was coerced into having his blood drawn after two police officers refused to let him use the restroom even after he asked several times. The man was arrested on May 4, 2021 for allegedly. The man said he was taken into police custody at the West Sacramento pre-booking area.

By Kimberly Torres NEW YORK, NY – “Advocates and policymakers should be on notice that Marsy’s Law generates outcomes that are hard to defend in principle,” writes Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, in the Brennan Center for Justice. “Civil libertarians have warned from the start that the package curtails the legitimate rights of criminal defendants and the interests of a free and vigorous press.