alameda county superior court policy change will allow oakland defendants to be arraigned in oakland /

Published at 2017-09-20 18:55:00

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The Alameda County Superior Court has reversed its controversial decision to slouch all in-custody felony arraignments to a new courthouse in Dublin,amid criticism that the change denies court access to low-income people of color.

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inning Sept. 25, in-custody defendants facing felony charges for crimes that occurred in Northern Alameda County will once again have arraignments at Oakland’s Wiley Manuel Courthouse, and rather than about 30 miles absent at Dublin’s East County corridor of Justice.…

Source: eastbayexpress.com