California Criminal Law -- A discussion of recent reforms reshaping California's Criminal Justice System: Public Safety Realignment (reducing prison crowding); Proposition 47 (changing six low-level nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors); and Proposition 36 (changing California's Three Strikes Law).
Guests: Jeffrey Hayden, a California Board of Legal Specialization Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, and the President of the Bar Association of San Mateo County; Al Serrato, Assistant District Attorney, San Mateo County District Attorney's Office; and California Superior Court Judge Eugene Hyman (Ret.).
Listeners with questions for Chuck and his guests, please call 1-866-798-8255.
Chuck Finney was the founding host of Your Legal Rights and was a familiar voice for KALW for more than 30 years.