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Press Releases
District Attorney’s DUI Program Visited by NHTSA Administrator Heidi King
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – November 20, 2017 – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced today that the Director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Heidi King visited the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office to recognize the...
Woodland Man Convicted of Torture and Rape
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - November 16, 2017 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on November 15, 2017, a Yolo County jury convicted Elmer David Rodriguez, 26, of Woodland, of torture, felony domestic violence, infliction of great bodily injury and use...
Washington Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - November 16, 2017 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced today that on November 15, 2017 Yolo County Superior Court Judge David Reed sentenced 23-year-old Thomas Phillip Leae of Renton, Washington to life in state prison. On October...
West Sacramento Gang Members Convicted of Multiple Armed Robberies
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - November 15, 2017 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on November 9, 2017, a Yolo County Jury convicted 22-year-old West Sacramento resident Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez and 20-year-old West Sacramento resident Ricky Gomez...
Killer from 1989 West Sacramento Murder Denied Parole Again
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - November 3, 2017 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that yesterday a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings denied the parole of 60-year-old Carl Williams. Williams is serving a life sentence with the...
Yolo County DA’s Multi-Cultural Community Council Offers Weekend Youth Leadership Academy
18 high school students completed the program over a full weekend. Press Release (Woodland, CA) - November 2, 2017 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that this past Friday through Sunday, students from Woodland Senior High School, Cache Creek...
Yolo DA will announce that Frank T. Rees pled no contest to crimes in Connection with Death of Baby Justice Rees
Notice of Press Conference – October 31, 2017 Press Release (Woodland, CA) – October 31, 2017 – The Yolo County District Attorney will hold a press conference today at 4 pm to announce that this morning in court 31-year-old Woodland resident Frank T. Rees pled no...
Neighborhood Court Team Receives Democracy Works Award from League of Women Voters of Woodland
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - October 27, 2017 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on October 25, 2017, the League of Women Voters of Woodland presented their annual Democracy Works Award to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office’s Neighborhood Court...
Davis Student Sentenced to State Prison for Non-Stranger Rape
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – October 26, 2017 – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that yesterday that the Honorable David Reed sentenced Najee A’Ve, of Detroit, to 44 months in state prison after being convicted after a court trial of Rape of an...
Three Men Convicted in Hate Crime at the University of California at Davis
The defendants directed racial slurs at the African American victim while two threw candies at her. Press Release (Woodland, CA) - October 23, 2017 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on October 18, 2017, the third and final defendant pled no...
Why We Seek Justice
Our team at the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office is comprised of a dedicated and diverse group of professionals. In our new video series “Why We Seek Justice” you will meet some of our amazing colleagues and hear their personal stories. We hope you enjoy!
Meet Deputy District Attorney Diane Ortiz
Meet Deputy District Attorney Kyle Hasapes
Meet Deputy District Attorney Amanda Zambor
Meet Multi-Disciplinary Interview Center Admin Clerk Shobna Sharma
Meet Deputy District Attorney Jay Linden
Podcasts
The Chronicles of Justice Episode 24: Car Break-ins
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 23: Citizens Academy Podcast
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 22: Breast Cancer Awareness – Virginia’s Story
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 21: Domestic Violence Awareness Month – 2017
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 20: From Victim to Survivor – A Story of Hope
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 19: An Interview with Lt. Dave Marshall
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 18: Yolo County Cannabis Task Force
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 17: Empower Yolo
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 16: Campus Detection Dogs
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 15: Safety at Picnic Day
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 14: Motorist & Bicyclist Collision Prevention
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 13: Human Trafficking Awareness
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 12: Campus Sexual Assault
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 11: Operation Vigilance
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 10: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 9: School Attendance Matters
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 8: Yolo Day Reporting Center & Restorative Justice
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 7: LGBTQIA Pride Month & Hate Crimes
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 6: Elder Financial Abuse
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 5: Victim Tribute
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 4: Child Abduction Unit
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 3: NHC Homeless Restorative Justice Program
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 2: Human Trafficking
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The Chronicles of Justice Episode 1: Sonias Story with DUI Prevention & Awareness
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Non-Violent Second Strikers
After a federal court ordered California to reduce prison overcrowding, a number of measures were put into place that result in early prison releases, including early parole consideration for individuals characterized as “non-violent second-strikers.” In order to qualify, inmates must not currently be serving a sentence for a crime which is legally categorized as a ‘violent felony’ and must not be required to register as sex offenders.
Starting January 1, 2015, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) began a new early parole determination process, evaluating “nonviolent second-strikers” for parole once they have served only 50 percent of their sentence or are within 12 months of having served 50 percent of their actual sentence. Upon receipt of inmate names from CDCR with a recommendation for release, the Board of Prison Hearings conducts an administrative review to determine if the inmate should be released from prison or retained for the term otherwise prescribed by law. The Board determines whether an offender would pose an unreasonable risk to public safety based on criminal history, behavior in prison, rehabilitation efforts, and written statements.
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office takes an active role in evaluating these cases and writes letters to the Board with an overview of the inmate’s criminal history, an opinion regarding the public safety risk posed by the inmate, and the appropriateness, or lack thereof, of an inmate’s early release. However, because our resources are limited, we do not prepare letters in every case. Instead, we focus our opposition efforts on offenders who we believe pose the greatest risk to the community.
Many of the offenders who are granted early release from prison have violent and lengthy criminal histories. The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office feels it is important for the public to be aware of the so-called nonviolent offenders being released early from prison into our neighborhoods.
This web page was created to provide the names and criminal overview of the offenders who have been approved for early release despite our opposition. This list will be updated on a regular basis.