The Blotter: Wednesday, September 22
Youth Who Shot Father Must Serve At Least 7 Years An appeals court upholds sentence for teen convicted of murder. (SF Appeal)
Teen fatally shot in Oakland The 17-year-old was apparently involved in a dispute before being shot and killed around 6:30pm. (Inside Bay Area)
Gang shooting near Fremont hall of justice No one’s injured (or arrested). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Arrests won’t end Bell’s troubles Four of five city council members face corruption charges, while the town’s finances remain murky. (Los Angeles Times)
Woman on death row runs out of appeals Teresa Lewis is scheduled for Thursday execution even as controversy over her sentence remains. (The New York Times)
Judge: Trial in editor’s death to stay in Oakland The court will try to seat an unbiased jury. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Man gunned down in front of Oakland taco shop In East Oakland at 6:30 Tuesday night. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Man arrested in Antioch road rage shooting Victim is in stable condition. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Teen shot in Tulare Co pot garden robbery dies The 17-year-old was allegedly taking part in an armed robbery of a medical marijuana garden. (San Francisco Chronicle)
-
Domestic violence advocate says Mirkarimi case not over
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi plead guilty today to one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment in the domestic violence case that’s plagued the new sheriff since before he took office. In exchange, the district attorney dropped three additional charges against … Read More
- How states are tackling sentencing reform
- How wrongful convictions happen
-
California death penalty ban headed towards November ballot
This morning at San Francisco’s City Hall, members of the SAFE California Coalition submitted signatures to the Department of Elections to put an initiative on the November ballot that would end the death penalty in California. Proponents say they gathered … Read More
- Three criminal justice issues to watch in 2012
- Executions on hold for at least another year in California
-
Murder, the First Amendment, and a Black Muslim cult
In downtown Oakland, on August 2nd, 2007, journalist Chauncey Bailey was shot to death on the street, as he walked to work. The murder was a brazen act – committed in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses. Yet the … Read More
- Q&A: Reporter Tom Peele on Chauncey Bailey's murder
-
Feds likely to resume crackdown on medical marijuana
Timothy Smith California looks certain to return to the marijuana enforcement crackdowns of the 1980s and 1990s, as the U.S. Department of Justice released a memo this week reaffirming marijuana’s status as a controlled substance under federal law. … Read More
- SFPD bust yields 1,400 marijuana plants from 3rd Street growhouse
- SF Marijuana busts mostly in the Sunset, Ingleside and Bayview-Hunter's Point
-
Murder, the First Amendment, and a Black Muslim cult
In downtown Oakland, on August 2nd, 2007, journalist Chauncey Bailey was shot to death on the street, as he walked to work. The murder was a brazen act – committed in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses. Yet the … Read More
- Oakland: Federal ammo running short for War on Crime
- Man charged with Feb. sexual assault of 56 year-old woman