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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A registered sex offender who pimped out a teenager for call girl services in the Riverside metropolitan area and elsewhere pleaded guilty Tuesday to human trafficking. Deirdrick Dayvon Bradford, 31, ...

Jake Haro, who along with his wife was in the national spotlight after their 7-month-old child went missing during the summer, unexpectedly pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Riverside Hall ...

Riverside District Attorney Michael Hestrin said the dismissals are unwarranted and that the court's backlog of cases was created by the COVID-19 pandemic, not a lack of judges. Riverside County ...