Criminal
Feb. 25, 2002
Law Helps Battered Women in Jail for Killing Abusers
Focus Column - By Alex Ricciardulli - Gov. Gray Davis and the Legislature have taken steps over the last few years to ensure that only truly guilty people populate the state's prisons. Two years ago, a bill was passed and signed into law that gave defendants the opportunity to overturn their convictions on the basis of newly developed DNA testing technology. Penal Code Section 1405.
Focus Column
By Alex Ricciardulli
Gov. Gray Davis and the Legislature have taken steps over the last few years to ensure that only truly guilty people populate the state's prisons. Two years ago, a b...
By Alex Ricciardulli
Gov. Gray Davis and the Legislature have taken steps over the last few years to ensure that only truly guilty people populate the state's prisons. Two years ago, a b...
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