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.
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,...
Is the Decrease in Cash Bail Leading to More Incarceration?
Criminal justice advocates touted the end of cash bail as a way to remedy the fact that poor people had to stay in jail while the affluent went free. While the idea was good in theory, now that many states have abolished cash bail, it turns out that another factor is...
Hung jury in reverend’s trial
Yuba County DA to decide if prosecutors should retry case against self-proclaimed Rastafarian church leader Appeal-Democrat by Rachel Rosenbaum, February 21, 2019 After two and a half days of deliberation, a Yuba County jury could not agree on a verdict in the...
Customers Use DNA Databases to Discover Relatives – The FBI Uses Them to Discover Suspects
Whether it’s 23andMe, Ancestry.com or another online DNA database, people are flocking to these sites. They want to learn more about their ethnic heritage and discover distant – or in the case of adopted individuals, close – family ties. However, those interested in...
Reverend’s Fate is Now in Jury’s Hands
Appeal-Democrat by Rachel Rosenbaum, February 15, 2019 Jurors are now deliberating two felony conspiracy charges against Rastafarian church leader Heidi Lepp. After hearing closing arguments from the prosecution and defense, jurors will now decide whether they believe...
Yuba County DA rests case against reverend
Trial of Rastafarian church leader continues; arrested after foothills Appeal-Democrat by Rachel Rosenbaum, February 13, 2019 Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday against a Rastafarian church leader and the defense called an expert in medical marijuana. After two...
Tacoma to Pay Nearly $2 Million for Withholding Records from Fired Police Officer
It’s no surprise that often times cops and civilians are not tried and processed with the same rules and public exposure. The Brady doctrine was established in 1963 after Brady v. Maryland requiring the prosecution turn over all exculpatory evidence (evidence that...