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Sb320: A Call To Arms For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Golden Gate University School Of Law

GGU Law Review Blog

Under California law, a person restrained by any domestic violence protection order is prohibited from owning, possessing, purchasing, receiving, or attempting to purchase or receive a firearm while the order is in effect. According to the Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS), over 23,000 restricted people are armed in California. This number reflects only the number of known registered firearms in the state. Of these 23,000 restricted people, special agents recovered 1,243 prohibited firearms last year — 778 of those firearms were identified in APPS; however, 465 were previously unknown.

Senate Bill 320 purports to redress the inadequacy of current practice …

Reimagining Criminal Justice: How We Traded Out Asylums For Prisons, Zaynah Zaman

Reimagining Criminal Justice

The criminal justice system fails to adopt alternative mental health reforms better equipped to handle mental health crises rather than placing the mentally ill in institutions that have proven to worsen their illness. The criminalization of mental illness must end, says Zaynah Zaman, a student at Golden Gate University School of Law.

Reimagining Criminal Justice: In Defense Of Self-Defense, Jude Diebold

Reimagining Criminal Justice

Since the Louisville, Kentucky police killed Breonna Taylor in the middle of the night in her own apartment, the United States has seen an uptick in protests against racially motivated police violence. However, the officers responsible for her death have not been criminally charged, in part because her boyfriend, unaware that police were entering the apartment in the middle of the night, shot one of the officer’s in the leg, “justifying” the next six rounds that were shot by the police and ultimately killed an innocent woman during the botched police raid.

As if this was not outrageous enough, in …

Reimagining Criminal Justice: A New System Is Required For Police Accountability, Thomas Johnson

Reimagining Criminal Justice

In 1997 Daniel Mendoza was shot by an off-duty Las Vegas Metro police offcer. The offcer who pulled the trigger had been drinking heavily and wanted to “harass dopers and bangers.” The offcer in question fired into a group of people from the passenger side of a vehicle. This offcer was tried and convicted, which sounds like a success.

However, when an offcer is not stopped before killing a citizen without regard to whether there was a suspected crime, it highlights a problem of accountability.

California Is On Fire – Firefighters And Prisoners To The Rescue, Cathryn Howell

GGU Law Review Blog

California is burning at a record high rate and has seen unprecedented damage due to the increase of the severity of fires as well as the increase in the duration of fire season. However, many are unaware that inmates have been playing a very important role in mitigating these fires while serving their prison sentences by helping alongside employed firefighters in battling these dangers.

Despite all of the training and first-hand experience, many inmates are unable to become employed firefighters because the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) will not issue them an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certificate, which is …

United States V. Arpaio: The Judicial Limit On The President’S Pardon Power, Alicia Villanueva

Golden Gate University Law Review

Article II of the United States Constitution grants the President unlimited authority to pardon. Specifically, the President “shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States (“U.S.”), except in cases of impeachment.” Once a pardon is issued, it must be accepted by the pardoned individual for the pardon to take effect. On August 25, 2017, President Donald J. Trump pardoned Sheriff Arpaio of a conviction for contempt of court. The prior month, the District Court for the District of Arizona (“district court”) had convicted Sheriff Arpaio of criminal contempt of court for intentionally failing to …

How Much Is Police Brutality Costing America?, Eleanor Lumsden

Publications

The criminal law of the United States fails to stop the unlawful killing of minorities by law enforcement. In fact, it was never meant to do so. Civil tort law is also unequal to the task. The consequences of not correcting these legal failures are far-reaching for the United States and for our neighbors, and have so far been underreported. This article explores the direct and indirect costs of these failings, positive measures already underway, and makes further sugges-tions for reform.

California State Parks: Implementing Recent Recommendations Regarding Peace Officers, California Research Bureau

California Agencies

The California State Legislature requested a blueprint for implementing certain recommendations of the Little Hoover Commission (LHC), the Parks Forward Commission, and others for organizational change at the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). In its March 2013 report, “Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California’s State Park System,” LHC recommended transforming DPR into a new operating model built around shared management, innovation, greater transparency, and the expectation that it generate more revenue from its operations.1 LHC recommended two specific actions as critical steps to achieving the transformation: first, to create a promotional path to management for staff without law enforcement …

Police Use Of Tasers: The Truth Is "Shocking", Elizabeth Seals

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Comment proposes that California adopt legislation to regulate law-enforcement taser use. Part I introduces the history of tasers and their current use in law enforcement. Part II.A explains the need for legislation in California, supported by the documented deaths and health risks associated with taser use, and the widespread concern about police use among various private and governmental organizations. Part II.B identifies the successful taser legislation of other states, while Part II.C discusses an unsuccessful attempt at taser legislation in California. Finally, Part II.D introduces a model statute that California legislators should adopt, which should include training and reporting …

Fbi's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives: 60th Anniversary, 1950-2010, U.S. Department Of Justice, Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Federal Documents

Includes a chronological listing of the FBI’s "Ten most wanted fugitives" March 14, 1950-March 1, 2010.

Cybercrime Against Businesses, 2005, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

Community Policing In Local Police Departments, 1997 And 1999, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

Sex Offender Community Notification: Assessing The Impact In Wisconsin, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

National Evaluation Of The Youth Firearms Violence Initiative, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Defense Counsel In Criminal Cases, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

Urban, Suburban, And Rural Victimization, 1993-98, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

Offenders Returning To Federal Prison, 1986-97, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

State And Local Law Enforcement Needs To Combat Electronic Crime, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

The Cops Program After 4 Years - National Evaluation, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Incarcerated Parents And Their Children, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

Federal Firearm Offenders, 1992-98, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

The Measurement Of Police Integrity, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Police Attitudes Toward Abuse Of Authority: Findings From A National Study, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Nij Awards In Fiscal Year 1999, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Drugs In The Heartland: Methamphetamine Use In Rural Nebraska, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The D.C. Superior Court Drug Lntervention Programs, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Sheriffs' Departments 1997, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

Random Gunfire Problems And Gunshot Detection Systems, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.

Women Offenders, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The Children At Risk Program: Results L Year After The End Of The Program, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.