A former California correctional officer has pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with a scheme involving him planting contraband at San Quentin State Prison and a medical facility for ...

Federal authorities snared a child molester, a rapist and an accused killer in a sophisticated operation that has rid Southern California of hundreds of criminal illegal migrants. The mission, called ...

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"The Briggs death penalty law in California simply doesn't work." That's according to Ron Briggs, who wrote the law, along with his father, then State Senator John Briggs, in 1977. It was passed by ...

David Hill, sitting left, and attorney Philip Moscone in a California courtroom on April 29, 2004. A court order prevented photographs of the suspect's face from being taken. Hill was later convicted ...