The dispensation of marijuana for medicinal purposes has been in a legal gray area for the past several years. In the State of California, it is legal for marijuana to be prescribed by doctors for a variety of conditions including: anxiety, migraine headaches, and cancer-related pain. However, the Federal Government still regards marijuana as a [...]
With prisoner sentences now being cut to slash budgets, jail overcrowding and prison staff getting laid off, it’s nice to learn that something about our California penal system is working. This SCV Bail Blogger just learned that fewer felons are dodging probation, thanks to a new criminal justice realignment program that has replaced the state's old [...]
After California courts ordered state prisons and jails to ease up on overcrowding, last year, thousands of lower-level offenders were released early. This program is called "realignment," and because of it, many who would have gone to state prison for low-level crimes are now being supervised under house arrest. Their crimes range from drug sales [...]
Recently, some California legislators have considered reducing penalties for small drug possession offenders in order to cut prison costs. It’s not a radical change, but it may be a move in a positive direction. But, what are the repercussions for California’s felons, individual citizens and the bail bond industry if such a move is made? [...]
