CDCR NEWS
A new face at corrections
Los Angeles Times
Jeffrey Beard has the experience, but leading California's troubled prison system is no easy task.
CDCR RELATED
Year in review: Buried remains, bondsmen shooting top the year in breaking news
Jason Kotowski, The Bakersfield Californian
Turns out the Mayans were wrong about the Apocalypse, but that doesn't mean Kern County didn't see its share of the bizarre and horrific in 2012.
Murder rate for region jumps in 2012: City of San Diego, county impacted by spike in crime
Chief: Gangs growing due to prison realignment
Steve Fiorina, 10news.com
SAN DIEGO - The murder rate in San Diego was up almost 20 percent in 2012 from the year before, and in San Diego County, the numbers increased by almost 23 percent.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
Victim's family faces new set of questions
The mother of Chevelle Wheeler awaits the return of personal items
Scott Smith, Recordnet.com
Investigators unearthed murder victim Chevelle "Chevy" Wheeler early this year from a Calaveras County hillside, where 26 years earlier serial killer Wesley Shermantine buried her.
Court weighs appeal of California's longest serving death-row inmates
Howard Mintz, mercurynews.com
Marvin Pete Walker, California Death Row inmate, a condemned killer from Santa Clara County, is a member of an exclusive club -- he's one of a dozen or so inmates who've spent more than 30 years on San Quentin State Prison's death row.
New law allows inmates Imprisoned as youths to seek new sentences
Law affects those sentenced to life without possibility of parole as juveniles to petition for reduced sentences
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
Some California inmates sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles will be allowed to petition for a reduced sentence under a law authored by State Sen. Leland Yee that took effect on Tuesday.
Kevin Cooper's latest appeal rejected in 1983 murders of four Chino Hills residents
Lori Fowler, The Sun
Kevin Cooper, the death row inmate convicted of killing a Chino Hills family in 1985, once again was denied a request for additional DNA testing.
A new face at corrections
Los Angeles Times
Jeffrey Beard has the experience, but leading California's troubled prison system is no easy task.
CDCR RELATED
Year in review: Buried remains, bondsmen shooting top the year in breaking news
Jason Kotowski, The Bakersfield Californian
Turns out the Mayans were wrong about the Apocalypse, but that doesn't mean Kern County didn't see its share of the bizarre and horrific in 2012.
Murder rate for region jumps in 2012: City of San Diego, county impacted by spike in crime
Chief: Gangs growing due to prison realignment
Steve Fiorina, 10news.com
SAN DIEGO - The murder rate in San Diego was up almost 20 percent in 2012 from the year before, and in San Diego County, the numbers increased by almost 23 percent.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
Victim's family faces new set of questions
The mother of Chevelle Wheeler awaits the return of personal items
Scott Smith, Recordnet.com
Investigators unearthed murder victim Chevelle "Chevy" Wheeler early this year from a Calaveras County hillside, where 26 years earlier serial killer Wesley Shermantine buried her.
Court weighs appeal of California's longest serving death-row inmates
Howard Mintz, mercurynews.com
Marvin Pete Walker, California Death Row inmate, a condemned killer from Santa Clara County, is a member of an exclusive club -- he's one of a dozen or so inmates who've spent more than 30 years on San Quentin State Prison's death row.
New law allows inmates Imprisoned as youths to seek new sentences
Law affects those sentenced to life without possibility of parole as juveniles to petition for reduced sentences
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
Some California inmates sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles will be allowed to petition for a reduced sentence under a law authored by State Sen. Leland Yee that took effect on Tuesday.
Kevin Cooper's latest appeal rejected in 1983 murders of four Chino Hills residents
Lori Fowler, The Sun
Kevin Cooper, the death row inmate convicted of killing a Chino Hills family in 1985, once again was denied a request for additional DNA testing.