The Lifer Hearing Unit at the District Attorney’s Office handles parole hearings for some of the most dangerous criminals in the state by making sure they are not carelessly released from prison. Due to changes in the law, many of these inmates are up for parole sooner than expected, and the unit’s case load is increasing. WATCH more in this video.
In this week’s DA News Update, District Attorney Summer Stephan denounces the dismantling of an important Assembly Bill that aimed to protect children from human trafficking: AB 379.
In this week’s DA News Update, DA Summer Stephan talks about an Assembly Bill to protect survivors of human trafficking AB 379.
In this week’s DA News Update, DA Summer Stephan talks about the seven local heroes honored at this year’s annual Citizens of Courage Awards and an important Senate Bill that will prevent rapists from qualifying for early elder parole release.
A group of individuals who each stopped on the freeway to help a CHP officer who had been shot. Without this selfless group effort and the role each person played, the officer likely would not have survived.
An off-duty security guard who witnessed a late-night shooting and came to the aid of the badly injured victim and her crying child.
A resilient human trafficking survivor who was arrested, testified against her trafficker and now overcomes her trauma while speaking to law enforcement, sex buyers and women in correctional facilities.
Her maternal instinct and sixth sense led her to contact police in the middle of the night, who located her estranged husband as he was driving his truck off a cliff, allowing officers to rescue her twin daughters.
In this week’s DA News Update, DA Summer Stephan previews a new video that trains first responders on how to better interact with people who have invisible disabilities.
In this week’s DA News Update, DA Summer Stephan discusses a high-profile murder sentence and the important reason for her recent trip to the nation’s capital.