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Gov. Brown Signs Bills to End Sentencing of 14-and 15-year-olds in Adult Criminal Court, Support Exonerated People After Prison
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Gov. Brown Signs Bills to End Sentencing of 14-and 15-year-olds in Adult Criminal Court, Support Exonerated People After Prison

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 4, 2018

Gov. Brown today signed two research-based criminal justice reforms to improve rehabilitation and reduce the odds of re-offending. Senate Bill 1391 prohibits 14- and 15-year-olds from being tried as adults in criminal court and subsequently sent to adult prison. The bill reverses laws passed in the 1990s that allowed for sentencing the youngest teens to the adult criminal justice system.  
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Sentinel News ServiceMarch 24, 2016

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State Sen. Holly Mitchell Holds Public Hearing on Women and Inequality

Shirley Hawkins, Contributing WriterNovember 12, 2015

Sen. Bob Huff and Sen. Holly J. Mitchell listen to testimony delivered by community stakeholders and advocates regarding homelessness, sex trafficking and foster care of homeless and exploited women at a “Women and Inequality; Strategies to Promote Opportunity” public hearing. The hearing was held at the Weingart YMCA Wellness and Aquatic Center on Nov. 6 in Los Angeles. The facts are startling: women and girls in Los Angeles County experience the greatest incidents of poverty, homelessness and sex trafficking in Los Angeles County. Statistics from the Senate Committee on Women and Equality indicate that 35 percent of women in South

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Sen. Holly J. Mitchell Statement on the Assembly Vote on SB 443 Civil Asset Forfeiture

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 1, 2015

I am deeply disappointed that my bill to protect private property rights and the presumption that individuals are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law was defeated on the Assembly floor Thursday following heavy lobbying by law enforcement on a 24/41 vote. SB 443 called on officers of the law to obtain a criminal conviction before a suspect’s personal property, impounded during investigation of a crime, is permanently forfeited in a process called “civil asset forfeiture.” Thanks to a current legal loophole, a California law enforcement agency aiding a federal investigation in the seizure of a suspect’s assets