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Bookmark or Share- Unpacking California’s Racial Justice ActCalifornia’s groundbreaking Racial Justice Act (RJA) of 2020—recently made retroactive for those already incarcerated—goes beyond any other state or federal attempt to ensure equal treatment under the law for all races. It expands felony and misdemeanor criminal defendants’ ability to cite racially unequal treatment in their charging, convicting, or sentencing.
- California Racial Justice Act for All Signed Into LawAB 256 builds upon landmark legislation in 2020, the California Racial Justice Act, AB 2542 (Kalra, Chapter 317, Statutes of 2020), which allowed individuals to challenge racial bias in criminal charges, convictions, and sentences but was limited to cases after January 1, 2021.
- Bill Text - AB-256 Criminal procedure: discrimination.Existing law prohibits the state from seeking a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, as specified, and, in a case in which judgment has not been entered prior to January 1, 2021, allows a petition to be filed alleging a violation of that prohibition.
- California Racial Justice Act of 2020 - WikipediaThe California Racial Justice Act of 2020 (AB 2542) bars the state from seeking or securing a criminal conviction or imposing a sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin.
- Cases Under California Racial Justice Act Move ForwardRIVERSIDE, Calif. — In a victory under the new California Racial Justice Act, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal is allowing two Black men to move forward with their challenge to death penalty prosecutions being sought against them.
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