CJLF and the CA District Attorneys' Association urge the Board of Parole Hearings to reconsider its parole grant to David Funston, citing serious public safety concerns and victim impact.
CJLF appoints former Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert as CEO, succeeding longtime leader Michael Rushford. Schubert brings 30+ years as a prosecutor and victims' rights advocate.
CJLF joins Rivers v. Guerrero to defend Congress’s limits on repeat attacks on final convictions — opposing a child molester’s bid to reopen his case four years after it was decided.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agrees with CJLF, closing a loophole that would have allowed convicted criminals to file repeat challenges to their sentences years after final judgment.
CJLF researchers find the $380M Justice Reinvestment Initiative produced little evidence of improving public safety — states cut prison populations while ignoring crime and recidivism outcomes.
CA appeals court unanimously sides with CJLF, ruling state law does not authorize early release of murderers — invalidating regs that let convicted killers walk free before serving minimum terms.
CJLF urges the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of convicted Alabama murderer Joseph Clifton Smith, who robbed and killed Durk Van Dam with a hammer and power saw.
