In one fell swoop, a sexual battery case was dismissed, the suspect was set free and a victim was left with no justice or peace. Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said the case was first ...

It seems the Sixth Amendment needs a rewrite here in Riverside County: “The accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, except in Riverside County, where your case may be dismissed ...

The Riverside County Superior Court will reduce services and furlough most of its staff one day each month beginning in January to help offset state budget cuts, court officials said. Furloughs will ...

Hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases that piled up during the pandemic have been dismissed in Riverside County Superior Court during the last two weeks because of a shortage of judges, according ...

Four Riverside County Superior Court judgeships were up for grabs in the June 7 election. Election night vote counting is complete but results were not final Wednesday, according to the Riverside ...

A registered sex offender accused of pimping out a teenager for call girl services in the Riverside metropolitan area and ...

Riverside County's district attorney, public defender and top judges met in September to discuss how the local criminal justice system was going to manage the thousands of cases that had built up ...

To pare down the backlog of unresolved cases set for trial and to prevent the ongoing cascade of dismissals that critics say pose a risk to public safety, the Riverside County Superior Court has ...

A registered sex offender accused of pimping out a teenager for call girl services in the Riverside metropolitan area and ...