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Arson is not equal to murder: California Supreme Court should overturn death row verdict | Opinion
Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.
Should arsonist get death penalty if people die in wildfire? California Supreme Court to decide
The Supreme Court of California met in Sacramento on Wednesday to hear oral arguments in the case of an arsonist sentenced to death.
A test of California’s rightward lurch on homelessness
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Crashes and Disasters
New law, attorney tells the state Supreme Court, demands that Raymond Oyler’s murder convictions, death penalty be overturned ...
Attorney for arsonist of 2006 California wildfire, which killed 5 firefighters in 2006: He’s not the ‘actual killer’
New law, attorney tells the state Supreme Court, demands that Raymond Oyler’s murder convictions, death penalty be overturned ...
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Attorney for arsonist of Esperanza fire, which killed 5 firefighters in 2006: He’s not the ‘actual killer’
New law, attorney tells the state Supreme Court, demands that Raymond Oyler’s murder convictions, death penalty be overturned ...
Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. Where do other countries stand?
The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm ...
LA mandating low-income housing in Palisades rebuild could be unconstitutional, experts say
A prominent public-interest law firm is warning that Los Angeles’ apparent requirement that older apartments be replaced with ...
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Federal judge blocks Vallejo from destroying woman’s tent shelter
Evelyn Alfred, known to friends as Brown Sugar, has for months been fighting the city’s efforts to remove her from a vacant ...
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Public Interest Lawyering in a Second Trump Administration: Systemic Justice Project Hosts its Annual Conference on Lawyering for Justice
Systemic Justice Project hosts its third annual public interest conference, this year focusing on rising authoritarianism and ...
US Supreme Court will not pause California emissions case amid Trump policy shifts
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to place on hold a dispute over California's standards for vehicle emissions and ...
Constitutional crisis or no? Fears of Trump overreach abound as cases proceed in court
So far, Trump's team has chosen to fight legal battles in court rather than defy judicial orders. Will that continue?