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On Wednesday, the Kern County District Attorney's Office announced that seven people were indicted in connection to an insurance fraud conspiracy at a Bakersfield vocational school.
Eligible prisoners have the ability to shorten their sentence to trim down prison population Videos
and last updated 2021-05-05 03:07:13-04
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â Last summer around 8,000 inmates across the state were eligible to leave prison early due to COVID-19 concerns. Still, state officials want to continue to trim California s prison population, so now more than 70,000 inmates will have an opportunity to reduce their sentence.
It s important to note that this won t happen overnight, and could take months to years. But kern countyâs district attorney says those who are not eligible to earn good behavior credits to shorten their sentences are those on death row and those sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. However, it does include a number of violent and repeat felons.
Kern County sees record year of homicides, District Attorney and Sheriff explain why they believe we ve seen an increase
This year homicides in kern county reached an all-time high. 23ABC s Jessica Harrington took a deeper look into why our local officials think we ve seen such increase.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â In 2019, homicides in Kern County declined for the first time in four years. We were so encouraged, said District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer.
But 2020 has changed that. Now, homicides have reached an all-time high across the county. Historically, chiefs of police, sheriffs don t take credit when the homicide rate goes down, because they know next year they re going to have to explain why it went back up. said Sheriff Donny Youngblood.