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SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENT IN ANTI-CAMPING ORDINANCES CASE
The U. S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a broadly supported appeal challenging a ruling that blocks the enforcement of anti-camping ordinances in nine western states. Several states and cities in the Ninth Circuit have joined the City of Grants Pass, Oregon, in seeking to overturn a 2019 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (Martin v. City of Boise), which effectively gave the homeless an Eighth Amendment right to camp on public property. The ruling covers the nine western states in the Ninth Circuit, which includes Alaska, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, Arizona, and Hawaii............ read more >>
4/18/2024    |    PRESS RELEASE    |    Public Order: Camping Ordinances

CRIME & CONSEQUENCES BLOG
SUPREME COURT REJECTS MURDERER’S BID FOR EARLY RELEASE
In a 5-2 decision released today, the California Supreme Court has denied a murderer’s claim that he has a constitutional right to eligibility for release from prison even though he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP). CJLF joined the case of People v. Hardin to argue that an earlier appeals court ruling improperly amended state law to give the murderer and others like him the opportunity for release...........read more >>
3/04/2024    |    PRESS RELEASE    |    Equal Protection Clause
CDCR MISLEADS PUBLIC ON SUPPOSED BENEFITS OF PROPOSITION 57
CDCR has released a new report on recidivism rates for prisoners released in Fiscal Year 2018-2019, and the accompanying press release misleadingly claims that the data show that Proposition 57 is a cause of reduced recidivism. The report itself does not claim a cause-and-effect relationship. No such inference is warranted from the data, according to the CJLF..........read more >>
2/13/2024    |    PRESS RELEASE    |    Proposition 57
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CHALLENGE TO RULING PROTECTING HOMELESS CAMPS
On January 12, the U. S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a broadly supported appeal challenging a federal appeals court ruling that blocks the enforcement of anti-camping ordinances in nine western states. Several states and cities in the Ninth Circuit, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, joined the City of Grants Pass, Oregon, in seeking to overturn a 2019 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (Martin v. City of Boise), which..........read more >>
1/5/2024    |    PRESS RELEASE    |   PUBLIC ORDER: Camping Ordinances