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KTVU Fox 2: Santa Clara County DA moves to take 15 convicted men off death row
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen on Friday made public his decision to begin changing the sentences of 15 men from death to life behind bars with no chance of parole.
Los Angeles Times: Prosecutors put men on death row. This California D.A. wants to take them off
In recent months, Santa Clara County Dist. Atty. Jeff Rosen, once a prosecutor who believed in capital punishment and one who rejects association with the progressive prosecutor movement, has been quietly preparing to ask courts to change the penalties of 14 men from his county who are waiting for that ultimate sentence to be carried out.
Mercury News: District attorney wants Santa Clara County convicts off death row
Building on a 2020 pledge to stop pursuing the death penalty, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is now seeking to remove all South Bay capital prisoners from California’s death row.
Mercury News: Milpitas officials say collaboration is key to preventing retail theft
Recognizing that theft and organized retail crime have become global issues, Milpitas Vice Mayor Evelyn Chua organized a community forum on retail theft prevention on March 21 to give residents and business owners insight into what’s being done locally to abate these crimes.
Mercury News: South Bay judge denies sentencing recall for serial rapist
A Santa Clara County judge is upholding the century-plus prison terms of a serial rapist and jail escapee from the 1970s and 1980s after the man got an unusual chance for resentencing through an anomalous series of state actions and court rulings.
San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area firm fined for hiring caregivers with criminal backgrounds
A Daly City-based caregiver company was fined by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office for illegally placing aides with criminal backgrounds in the homes of elderly and disabled people.
Mercury News: Man gets 7 years in state prison for Levi’s Stadium stabbing
SANTA CLARA – A Sacramento man was sentenced Thursday to seven years in state prison for his role in a stabbing last summer during the CONCACAF Gold Cup at Levi’s Stadium, authorities said.
TIME: Poppies to Pig-Butchering: Inside the Golden Triangle’s Criminal Reboot
It all started with a Facebook ad. Rachel Yoong was bored and fed up at work when a job posting for a casino in the Myanmar capital Yangon popped up on her phone.
NBC Bay Area: Hearing begins in San Jose girl's apparent exorcism death case
Monday’s preliminary hearing finally began in the case of a young girl killed in what police describe as an exorcism-like ritual back in 2021.
Mercury News: Leaving jail without bail? San Jose mom charged with murder in her baby’s fentanyl death expected to be released to await trial
In what prosecutors call a highly unusual development in a high-profile murder case, a San Jose mom is expected to be released from jail this week without posting bail as she waits for her trial in the fentanyl overdose death of her 18-month-old daughter, Winter Rayo.