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, CA — Courts across Riverside County are either being closed or will offer limited hours for emergency matters only in response to coronavirus, it was announced Thursday. Beginning ...

A federal judge has said that so many wiretaps came out of Riverside County in recent years that legal standards “cannot have been met” in the nation's undisputed eavesdropping capital. Regardless, ...

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 ...