Franklin Zimring

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he planned to pardon simple marijuana possession and urged local governors to do the same.

All eyes turned to New York May 14, when 10 people were killed and three injured at a supermarket in Buffalo, a massacre some alleged to be racially motivated with 11 out of 13 victims being Black.

California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement Saturday announcing a proposed bill that would allow private citizens to sue to enforce California's ban on assault weapons.

The Berkeley Police Department was awarded a grant from the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program to fund additional training, education and enforcement.

In recent months, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed numerous criminal justice reform bills on topics ranging from bail reform and an overhaul of rules regarding felony murder charges to revisions of juvenile detention law.

Representatives from politics, academia, policy research and the UC Berkeley student body gathered to discuss gun violence and gun control in America during a campus event Wednesday night.

A study conducted by a UC Berkeley professor that was published Monday found that individuals sentenced to prison rather than probation were more likely to re-enter the prison system.

The state Senate is considering a bill that could expand the definition of violent crimes.

California lawmakers passed a bill Monday that would mandate prison sentences for individuals convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious victim, seeking to close a legal loophole that lawmakers say allows convicted felons such as Brock Turner to receive more lenient sentencing.

Two polls, which were conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies and released in August, revealed the majority of California voters oppose abolishing the death penalty and that they prioritize English-learning classes over bilingual classes.