Cheryl Miller

December 03, 2007 | The Recorder

In siding with the union representing state lawyers, Jerry Brown�s office says low starting pay means they�re hiring � well, let�s just say they�d like to do better.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

August 05, 2009 | Law.com

A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday ordered California to reduce its prison population by 40,000 inmates over the next two years, imposing by judicial order what the governor and Legislature have been unable -- or unwilling -- to do. U.S. District Senior Judges Thelton Henderson and Lawrence Karlton and 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt said the state's "severely overcrowded" prison conditions deny California's 150,000 inmates constitutional access to adequate medical care.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

September 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel last week denounced the federal government's post-9/11 practice of detaining innocent Americans under the federal material witness statute as "repugnant" and "a painful reminder of some of the most ignominious chapters of our national history."

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 25, 2006 | Law.com

The Van de Kamp commission recommends recording serious felony confessions in effort to prevent wrongful convictions.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

August 28, 2006 | Law.com

U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Mueller says her days as a young, new city councilwoman in Sacramento have since helped her approach her job on the Eastern District bench.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

May 30, 2008 | The Recorder

With Republicans voting down a $7 billion bond to fund overhaul of prison medical care, Judge Thelton Henderson's options include releasing prisoners or dipping into state's general fund.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 06, 2006 | The Recorder

The Fair Political Practices Commission needed a lawyer. The San Diego DA needed campaign finance expertise. Enter Leon Schorr.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

June 18, 2008 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: What does same-sex marriage have in common with the state's beleaguered prison health care system? Not much — except on Tuesday.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

April 05, 2006 | Law.com

State Sen. Kevin Murray had to drop two provisions to win approval of the controversial measure.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

August 29, 2007 | The Recorder

A business-backed group is laying down a key weapon in its battle with Ray Boucher's Consumer Attorneys of California. Maybe the timing wasn�t right for a ballot-box assault.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read