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Acuña was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1932 [1] to Alicia Elías who was from Sonora, Mexico.His father was from Cocula, Jalisco. [citation needed]Acuña received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Los Angeles State College, now known as California State University, Los Angeles, and later earned his PhD in History from the University of Southern California (USC).
The Victim's Bill of Rights added Section 28 to Article 1 of the constitution. This section has since been substantially added to and amended by Marsy's Law, enacted in 2008. Section 28 granted victims of crime the right to restitution from the perpetrator unless there were "compelling and extraordinary reasons" to the contrary. It also ...
In Los Angeles, a sex trafficker makes, on average, $49,000 per victim. [74] The average onset age for girls and boys subjected to child trafficking in Los Angeles is 12-14 and 11–13 years of age respectively. [71]
Charities and businesses are rallying to help the people of Los Angeles following the Southern California fires that have so far claimed the lives of at least 25 people. With more than 180,000 ...
Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 9 through the initiative process in the November 2008 general election, is an amendment to the state's constitution and certain penal code sections.
Wildfires have decimated more than 40,000 acres of the Los Angeles metropolitan area over the last week, charring more than 12,000 structures, displacing over 150,000 residents and leaving at ...
A former victims advocate who was fired after sending an email reply to San Francisco's district attorney asking, "What color panties you have on," is suing the county, alleging he was defamed and ...
The Program for Torture Victims (PTV) was founded in 1980 by Dr. José Quiroga and Ana Deutsch. [2] Both Quiroga and Deutsch sought asylum in the United States and met in Los Angeles in 1979. [3] They began working on a campaign against torture with the Los Angeles Amnesty International Medical Group.