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Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, [4] in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender's office).
The building, which houses federal courts and federal law-enforcement departments, is sometimes called the First Street Courthouse. It is 10 stories tall with 533,000 square feet (49,500 m 2 ) of floor space, containing 24 courtrooms and 32 judicial chambers and stands out in the downtown skyline with its impressive glass façade.
Sentencing Reform Act which created the United States Sentencing Commission, intended to standardize sentencing; Extension of the Secret Service's jurisdiction over credit card fraud and computer fraud; Increased federal penalties for cultivation, possession, or transfer of marijuana; A new section in the criminal code for hostage taking
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón, pictured in May, announced Tuesday that 16 people have been charged in an electronic benefits transfer fraud scheme. (Brian van der Brug / Los ...
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In an effort to prevent such abuses, Congress passed a law in 1831 limiting the application of the summary contempt procedures to offenses committed in or near the court. A new section, which survives today as the Omnibus Clause, was added to punish contempts committed outside of the court, but only after indictment and trial by jury. [19] [20]
A 47-year-old Fresno man pleaded guilty to multiple felonies after stealing millions of dollars from a Malibu doctor after he and his girlfriend used psychoactive drugs and deception to take ...
The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.