criminal justice

The tool being used by the Fresno Police Department, called Draft One, uses the audio from body camera footage to write reports.

18-year-old Peter Park was sworn into the Tulare County District Attorney's Office this week as the youngest prosecutor in the department's history. He's also the youngest person to pass the California bar exam at just 17 years old.

Merced County, California, has the highest rate of homicide in the state. It’s also severely lacking deputies. Sheriff Vernon Warnke says the shortage is so bad, he's disassembling units, like for gang enforcement, just to cover everyday patrol.

A California senate bill set to take effect in January will allow parolees to transfer to a different county than the one they’re assigned, but under certain circumstances.

Christopher Goffard is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist with the Los Angeles Times and the host of the popular podcast, “Dirty John.” His current…

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The race for Madera County District Attorney is likely to be one of the more interesting local contests in 2018. It pits incumbent DA David Linn against…

Last November, 64 percent of California voters approved Proposition 57, which allows for the early release of so-called “non violent” offenders from state…