Tully Weiss In the News
60 Minutes
Informant says he was planted in Orange County jail to snitch
Mark Cleveland tells 60 Minutes he shaved 40 years off his sentence by becoming a jailhouse informant for Orange County law enforcement officials, now under investigation
San Francisco Chronicle
Supes Extend Deadline For Cannabis Business Applicants
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday morning to extend the application timeline for entrepreneurs seeking land use permits for cannabis-based businesses like retail storefronts, commercial grows and manufacturing operations.
San Jose Mercury News
SV Chat: Joseph Tully, bringing legal system to light
California’s justice system — especially the ranks of cops, district attorneys and judges — are “Machiavellians,” “sadists” and “sociopaths.”
That’s the message put forth in “California: State of Collusion,”…
California: State of Collusion
Power, Conspiracy, and Cover Ups in a Failed Criminal Justice System
An Inside Look at California s Corrupt Criminal Justice System and the Very Real Dangers Citizens Face
In California: State of Collusion, legal gladiator Joseph Tully exposes California’s alarming culture of power, conspiracy, and cover-ups.
Rolling Stone
Peter Tosh’s Son in Coma: Inside Fight for Jawara McIntosh
In a coma since a February beating in a New Jersey jail, the late reggae star’s son is holding on – and his family is fighting for justice
Rolling Stone
Drone operator wants to apologize to CHP pilot for near miss in Martinez
On the night of December 6th, a young man who was flying his drone near his Martinez home nearly caused it to collide with a California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter.
California Health and Safety Code Presents Thorny Issues for Medicinal Cannabis Distributors and Patients
Although medicinal and recreational cannabis are now legal in California, the plant is still highly regulated. Licensed businesses and qualified patients who use the plant medicinally can face serious drug charges if they are found out of compliance, and, this being...
California Transparency Law Pits Civic Groups Against Police Unions Statewide
When AB 1412 came into effect in January 2019, it was supposed to usher in a new era of law enforcement transparency in California. Instead, the avalanche of requests for records has been met with determined resistance in the form of delays, obfuscation, and court...
Is Cannabis Cash in California Being Used to Bribe Public Officials?
Proposition 64 was approved by voters in November 2016. This passage legalized recreational marijuana, one incentive had been to dry up the black market for the drug that was linked to other, more serious criminal activity. However, The Los Angeles Times recently...
Major Study Shows Police Traffic Stops Often Based on Racial Profiling
The largest amount of data ever collected regarding police traffic stops shows racial profiling is alive and well among police officers. The Stanford Open Policing Project, (“SOPP”) consisting of an interdisciplinary team of journalists and researchers at Stanford...
Florida Cop Allegedly Used Police Database to Obtain Dates
A Florida police officer allegedly used a police database as a ‘date-a-base,’ using the information he found there to meet women. Bradenton Police Sergeant Leonel Marines, 36, is alleged to have called approximately 150 women, actually going on dates with some of...
Prisoner Class Action Alleges Abuse that Includes Extreme Sleep Deprivation
At a hearing Thursday, February 28, 2019, to determine whether two female inmates will get a jury trial for alleged maltreatment in custody, a federal court judge expressed “profound skepticism” about nighttime activity at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in Alameda...
New Law on Police Transparency Passes Final Hurdle in CA Supreme Court
A law mandating greater transparency for law enforcement officer personnel records, signed by former Governor Jerry Brown in September of last year, has survived a legal challenge in the California Supreme Court and is free to be implemented. At issue was the scope of...
Charges Dropped against Heidi Lepp in Marijuana Case
The Davis Vanguard by David Greenwald, March 5, 2019 Heidi Lepp will not have to return to court after all. Ten days after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case where Ms. Lepp was charged with two felony conspiracy charges, prosecutors decided that they...
Man Receives $21 Million After Serving Nearly 40 Years for Murders He Didn’t Commit
Time is money, as the saying goes. The phrase doesn’t usually refer to nearly 40 years spent behind bars for a crime you didn’t commit, but a California man will receive $21 million, or just over $2 million a year, for the time he unjustly spent behind bars. Craig...
Can Brain Scans Predict Your Risk of Committing a Crime?
You’ve been convicted of a violent crime. You walk into the courtroom for sentencing and see a scan of your brain projected on the big screen. A neuroscientist is on the stand circling an area of the scan with her laser pointer. “You can see here,” she says, “that the...
San Francisco Wipes Out More Than 9,300 Marijuana Convictions
California legalized recreational cannabis more than two years ago, but thousands of people still have felony pot convictions on their records. This affects their ability to find employment, attend school, and obtain loans or housing. On February 25, 2019, San...
Supreme Court Rules State and Local Government Subject to Excessive Fines Clause
The days of states and municipalities relying on civil forfeiture to make ends meet may be coming to an end. In a rare unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on February 20th that the Constitution’s prohibition on excessive fines, as per the Eighth Amendment,...