Apr. 20, 2021
Icarus’ D-I-Y guide to gliders
For decades now, the California Legislature has been enacting laws aimed at ending mass incarceration. Let us hope that the Legislature’s next round solutions enable criminal justice reform to soar.
2nd Appellate District, Division 5
Brian M. Hoffstadt
Presiding Justice
California Court of Appeal
UCLA School of Law, 1995
According to Greek myth, Icarus sought to attain the lofty goal of freedom by building a winged glider. Alas, he used a wax that melted when flying too close to the sun and, consequently, he failed. Spectacularly. Icarus's plan was not carefully considered.
Right now, California is in the midst of attaining its own lofty goal -- namely, the transmogrification of its criminal justice system. For nearly a decade now, the voters and Leg...
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