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JUST SAY NO
June 13, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Criminal & DUI Defense
No. Two letters. One syllable. Seems like a relatively simple word to say. And yet, as any police officer will tell you, people have a tremendously hard time saying
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Roe V. Wade And The Leaked Opinion
June 10, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Politics
Last month, a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, leaked. With the conservative majority
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WILL GASCON ACTUALLY BE RECALLED?
June 9, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Uncategorized
Progressive prosecutor and Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon campaigned on a promise to dramatically reform the criminal justice system. He has stood by the
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MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION IN CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
May 4, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Criminal Justice Reform
Effective in June of 2018, Penal code 1001.36 provides for mental health diversion, which allows a criminal defendant to receive mental health treatment and avoid a
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JUST SAY NO
April 27, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Uncategorized
NO. TWO LETTERS. ONE SYLLABLE. SEEMS LIKE A RELATIVELY SIMPLE WORD TO SAY. And yet, as any police officer will tell you, people have a tremendously hard time saying
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LOS ANGELES IS TRYING TO RECALL THE WRONG ELECTED OFFICIAL
April 4, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Uncategorized
The elections of George Gascon and Chesa Boudin as the district attorneys of Los Angeles and San Francisco were historic events. Both men campaigned on progressive
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JUDGE KENTAJI BROWN JACKSON'S CONFIRMATION HEARING
March 24, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Uncategorized
The confirmation hearing for Kentaji Brown Jackson, the first African-American woman ever nominated to the Supreme Court, begins today. Judge Jackson is also the first
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IN THE BEST OF TIMES, JAIL FOOD IS NOT WINNING ANY AWARDS. THESE ARE NOT THE BEST OF TIMES.
March 18, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Uncategorized
Since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020, hot meals have been suspended in Orange County jails. The initial decision was based on a lack of inmate work crews
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NEW DA, SAME OLD SCANDAL RIDDEN DAS OFFICE
March 7, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Uncategorized
It seems as if the Orange County District Attorney’s office has been mired in scandal for most of my career as a lawyer at this point. After a decades-long cover-up
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NEW LAW HIGHLIGHTS
January 4, 2022 | By: Frances Prizzia | Uncategorized
As we usher in 2022, we are once again simultaneously ushering in a broad slate of new laws in California that will bring significant change and reform to the criminal
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