Some people who get speeding tickets are given the option to write a check to the local district attorney’s office, which keeps the ticket out of court and off their driving record. The money stays with the DA. Public defenders, which rely on revenue from traffic tickets in court, say these diversion programs have hurt their budgets.
The DA’s office sent a fake subpoena to the mother of Hayes’ son.
Ronald Johnson left the school the day after the alleged incident. His case has been delayed 15 times.
The judge wasn’t swayed by an argument by the DA’s lawyer that it’s too hard to find the records.
But the judge didn’t recall the arrest warrant until after the case was dropped.
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro has said people faced “no legal consequences” if they failed to obey fake subpoenas sent by his office. But one of his prosecutors got an arrest warrant for a woman in part because she didn’t obey a fake subpoena. She was never arrested because the charges were dropped.
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But prosecutors can oppose parole eligibility if they believe the defendant is irredeemable.
Louis Gibson was convicted of murder for shooting a childhood friend, Latrone Davis. He's served 24 years in prison. Legislators are working on legislation to grant parole hearings to people who were juveniles when they were sentenced to life in prison. The law could affect about 300 inmates.
Attorney Craig Mordock says he hopes other lawyers follow suit.
