Why does the jury in a criminal case have to be unanimous? Ask the lawyer - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

Q: The prosecution in a criminal case has to not only prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but also bring in a unanimous jury to get a conviction. Who are we protecting here? Why does the verdict have to be unanimous?
T.W., Tustin
Ron Sokol
A: The justification for requiring a unanimous jury in criminal cases is that no one should be deprived of their liberty unless it is fully agreed upon. In the typical civil case, a unanimous jury is not mandatory because often the result is to award moneta

Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard earns 2nd-team All-NBA honor

Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, whose season was cut short by a knee injury, was named to the 2023-24 All-NBA second team, the league announced on Wednesday. It is the sixth time in his 12-year career he has received an All-NBA distinction.
Leonard appeared in 68 games this season before sitting out the Clippers’ final eight regular-season games because of a swollen right knee. Although he played in two of the team’s six first-round playoff games against the Dallas Mavericks, Leonard

Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis receive All-NBA honors

LeBron James continues to raise the bar during the latter stages of his career while Anthony Davis has once again been formally recognized as one of the league’s best players for the first time in four years.
James and Davis received 2023-24 All-NBA honors on Wednesday, with Davis being named to the second team while James was named to the third team.
Davis’ All-NBA honor was his first since the 2019-20 season, when he made the first team.
For James, who was the youngest player to ma

Magnolia High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

A group of graduates celebrate at the Magnolia High School graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Graduate Jordy Mujguia waves to the crowd at the Magnolia High School graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
A graduate exalts after the ceremonies at the Magnolia High School graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kit

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Kings sign Aatu Jämsen to a 2-year, entry-level deal

The Kings have signed winger Aatu Jämsen to a two-year, entry-level contract worth up to $852,500 per season, the team announced in a news release.
Jämsen was originally a seventh-round draft selection of the Kings (No. 190 overall) in 2020. He remained in his native Finland with the pro club Pelicans, for which he competed at various junior levels and at the senior level for the past three campaigns. Last season, he had 25 points in 36 games, including 14 goals against the country&rsq

LAX officials urge travelers to plan ahead for Memorial Day, summer trips

With record numbers of people expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend, Los Angeles International Airport officials urged people Wednesday to plan ahead and give themselves plenty of time to reach the airport and board their flights.
Memorial Day traditionally marks the beginning of the summer travel season, and airport officials reminded travelers that passenger numbers and vehicular traffic will be rising over the next few days and remain high for the next few months.
“With school bre

Cal State Fullerton continues Class of 2024 graduation celebrations

Laura Lopez, left, points to the crowd before shaking the hand of Dr. Sridhar Sundaram, right, Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton, during commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Family members hold a sign for a soon-to-be graduate of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton during the commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024,

Santa Ana raises pride flag to support LGBTQ+ community

Santa Ana hoisted the pride flag Wednesday afternoon at City Hall, an effort to show visible support for the LGBTQ+ community.
The flag-raising coincided with Harvey Milk Day, celebrated on May 22 in recognition of the late human rights activist and one of the first openly gay elected officials as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
“The colorful rainbow flag sends a powerful message that our LGBTQ+ community members matter, they are supported and they belong in our beautif

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Orange County volleyball all-star matches Thursday at Newport Harbor

The 47th annual Dave Mohs Memorial Orange County Volleyball All-Star Matches will be played Thursday at Newport Harbor High School.
The girls match is at 6 p.m. and bhe boys match at 7:30 p.m. Both matches encompass three sets.
Admission is $10. Payment can be made in cash or card.
The event is named for the late Dave Mohs, who was a volleyball coach for many years at Edison. A girls volleyball tournament in the fall is also named for Mohs.
The program, including rosters, for the event are at th

Haley announces she will vote for Donald Trump

By Meg Kinnard
Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, a notable show of support given their intense and often personal rivalry during the Republican primary calendar.
But Haley also made it clear that she feels Trump has work to do to win over voters who supported her during the course of the primary campaign and continue to cast votes for her in ongoing primary contests.
“I will be voting for Trump,” Haley, Trump’s former U

Sparks nearing sellout for Caitlin Clark’s 1st WNBA game in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Tickets are still available as the Sparks are looking forward to hosting their first home game Friday at Crypto.com Arena on Friday in a highly anticipated matchup against the Indiana Fever, which features phenom Caitlin Clark.
“Can’t wait to be in Crypto, should be a huge, huge crowd with Indiana coming,” Sparks coach Curt Miller said after his team’s 70-68 win against the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night at Cal State Long Beach.
Clark, the No. 1 d

Newport Coast estate sells off-market for a 2024 OC record of $38 million

A newly built Crystal Cove estate has sold off-market for $38 million, the highest Orange County home sale so far this year.
The Mediterranean-style, 18,336-square-foot house in the guard-gated Newport Coast community has six bedrooms, 12 bathrooms and a great room off the kitchen for seamless indoor-outdoor living. Its flat three-quarter-acre-plus lot with wraparound canyon and ocean views make it a rare find.
“There’s been a lot of sloped land, but people would rather have one big

Did Mike Feuer tell investigators the whole truth?

In February, former Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer acknowledged to the editorial board of this newspaper that he was under investigation by the California Bar Association. He smoothly characterized the probe as no big deal, just the Bar appropriately investigating every lawyer involved in a case that had resulted in multiple convictions for such federal crimes as bribery and extortion.
Feuer was a candidate for Congress in a crowded primary and asking for an endorsem*nt, ultimately unsucce

Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC have room for improvement

Angel City Football Club and San Diego Wave FC kick off the third year of California’s first NWSL rivalry Thursday both in search of consistency.
After making the playoffs in their first season, Wave FC followed that by winning the NWSL Shield, finishing first in the league with 37 points.
Angel City went on a second-half run to finish in sixth, qualifying for the playoffs in their second season.
Entering Thursday, Wave FC is in eighth place (3-4-2, 11 points) and Angel City is in ninth (3

Court rebukes Huntington Beach City Council’s housing stunt

What happens when conservative ideologues take over a city council and focus on performative litigation rather than substantive policy making? We’re getting the answer in Huntington Beach, where the city’s GOP majority has been handed yet another court rebuke in its pointless lawsuit challenging California’s housing mandates.
This Editorial Board predicted the outcome, although it requires no prescience to have seen this one coming. The council, in concert with allied City Atto

Feds face trial over reports of abuse at FCI Dublin

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OAKLAND — The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at a now-shuttered California prison sexually abused incarcerated women, a judge ordered Wednesday.
In the first public hearing since FCI Dublin closed last month, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers also ordered an outside legal expert to keep handling the cases of some 600 women transferred out of the prison. Many of the inmates sent to other

Suspicious package left outside Orange fire station determined to be false alarm

A suspicious package left outside the Orange Fire Department Station Headquarters forced the temporary evacuation of the building, but was determined to be a false alarm, Deputy Fire Marshal Robert Prendergast said Wednesday, May 22.
Personnel temporarily evacuated the building for precautionary measures, after the package was found around 1:08 p.m. in front of the fire station on 1176 East Chapman Avenue. The Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff Department’s Bomb Squad respo

Average US vehicle age hits a record high 12.6 years

By Tom Krisher | Associated Press
DETROIT — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new ones cost so much.
S&P Global Mobility, which tracks state vehicle registration data nationwide, said Wednesday that the average vehicle age grew about two months from last year’s record.
But the growth in average age is starting to slow as new vehicle sales start to recover fro

McDonald’s gives grandma a kiss with its latest McFlurry

McDonald’s is striving for sweet nostalgia in its latest McFlurry.
It’s called Grandma McFlurry, and according to Restaurant Business Online it taps into a Gen Z trend called grandmacore.
Grandmacore, however, is more about fashion than food, as in knitwear and other garments that aren’t too practical as summer arrives. Teen Vogue holds up Billie Eilish wrapping scarves around her head as an example.
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UCI Divest group prompts walkout over treatment, suspensions in encampment protest last week

More than 100 people have gathered in UC Irvine’s Aldrich Park this afternoon, May 22, following the UCI Divest Coalition’s call for a walkout in response to suspensions the group said those arrested in last week’s encampment protest have received.
Leaders of the walkout were starting, shorting before 1:30 p.m., to lead the group back to the location of the more than two-week Gaza Solidarity Encampment in a quad in front of UC Irvine’s Physical Sciences Lecture Hall. The

Farmworker diagnosed with bird flu in 2nd US case tied to dairy cows

By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA
NEW YORK — A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows.
The patient had mild eye symptoms and has recovered, U.S. and Michigan health officials said in announcing the case Wednesday. The worker had been in contact with cows presumed to be infected, and the risk to the public remains low, officials said.
A nasal swab from the person tested negative for the virus, but an

Sharlize Palacios helps UCLA softball peak as Super Regional play begins with Georgia

LOS ANGELES — Sharlize Palacios gauges the demeanor of each pitcher she catches, judging their readiness as they enter a ballgame. Their facial expression, she explains, says it all.
Take UCLA freshman Kaitlyn Terry for example. When she stepped into Saturday’s game against Virginia Tech in the bottom of the second inning — the Bruins, down three runs, with Hokies occupying first and second base — Palacios noticed a stone-faced visage similar to the expression Terry flash

Tyler Anderson leads Angels to series victory in Houston

HOUSTON — Tyler Anderson gave the Angels exactly what they needed.
The left-hander pitched eight innings in a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday, leading them to a second consecutive series victory on this trip through Texas.
The bad news was that shortstop Zach Neto left the game with right elbow soreness. Neto made a high throw in the fifth inning and then left the game. There was no immediate word on how serious the injury might be.
Angels manager Ron Washington escorts Za

Prepare for a change in your US travel with this visa waiver. It involves a selfie

Daniel Sho*r Roth | Miami Herald (TNS)
The program that allows travelers from 41 countries to enter the United States for short-term stays without a visa is undergoing a significant update.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection has proposed changes to the ESTA application for the Visa Waiver Program that could take effect soon and affect travel. ESTA stands for Electronic System for Travel Authorization.
The ESTA authorization — an automated system used

Pearl Jam brings its Dark Matter Tour to Kia Forum for a storied night of music

Consider this: Pearl Jam, through the first seven shows of its Dark Matter Tour, has played 83 different songs
Now, name another band that can do that, and, well, you can’t because there is no other band like Pearl Jam, as Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and Matt Cameron showed once more on Tuesday, the first of two shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood.
So you go to the show with a faint idea of what you might hear – “Dark Matter,” the band’s

All-County boys lacrosse: St. Margaret’s Austin Hicks is the O.C. player of the year

ALL-COUNTY BOYS LACROSSE TEAM 2024
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Austin Hicks, St. Margaret’s, Senior
“The best player I have ever seen from Orange County.”
“The cream of the crop.”
Those are just a couple of ways that opposing coaches described St. Margaret’s senior attackman Austin Hicks.
The Duke signee is arguably the highest-profile boys lacrosse recruit in Orange County history, and he was clearly the top player in the county this season.
“In over 20 years of

All-County girls lacrosse: Foothill’s Brynn Perkins is the O.C. player of the year

ALL-COUNTY GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM 2024
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Brynn Perkins, Foothill, Junior
It’s not often that a junior is tasked with leading a team that has won three consecutive CIF Southern Section Division 1 championships.
Foothill coach Cristina Rodriguez trusted junior Brynn Perkins with that responsibility this season.
With just two senior starters on the team, Rodriguez met with Perkins prior to the season about stepping into the leadership role.
“Even before we picked captains,

The invisible power of ‘nudging’ is leading diners to cut back on meat

Agnieszka de Sousa | (TNS) Bloomberg News
Placing plant-based lasagna in the most popular part of the canteen. Serving veggie stir fry so diners have to ask for meat. Renaming vegan food with enticing adjectives like “feel good” and “juicy.”
These are just some of the small changes adding up to a quiet revolution in school cafeterias, hospitals and on university campuses from San Diego to Oslo. The goal is to shift diners toward plant-based options — not by removing

TikTok ban is popular with voters as AI stirs privacy fears, poll shows

Michael Shepard and Gregory Korte | (TNS) Bloomberg News
Many swing-state voters say they are worried that the growing presence of artificial intelligence could one day diminish privacy and hurt job prospects, according to a new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll that also found majority support for efforts to ban TikTok.
More than half of respondents in seven battleground states predicted a negative impact from AI on privacy, with nearly half seeing a future negative impact on jobs, the poll f

Kings keep Jim Hiller as head coach with 3-year deal

The Kings removed the interim tag from coach Jim Hiller’s title and made him the 30th head coach in franchise history, the team announced Wednesday.
They will sign him to a three-year contract imminently, reported former NHL goalie and ubiquitous hockey media personality Kevin Weekes.
Hiller had been an assistant with the Kings since the 2022-23 season and was promoted in February after the team dismissed Todd McLellan amid its plummet in the standings. The Kings also hired assistant D.J.