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California lawmakers continue to change criminal justice laws in an effort to make it more equitable and less burdensome on minorities and women.

James Jackson admitted he was driven by a plan to murder scores of black men to spark a nationwide race war. It's New York state's first conviction of first-degree murder as an act of terrorism.

A novel housing program in California links people who have served long-term prison sentences with those willing to rent space in their homes.

Morris, who was represented by the California Innocence Project, spent 27 years in prison for a murder another man confessed to committing. He walked free last Thursday.

The new governor said the arrests and trials, and in two cases the killings, of the Groveland Four were unjust. Families of the men had worked for the pardons. The accuser maintained she did not lie.

Approved by referendum, the measure overturns a 150-year-old ban. It applies to those who have completed their sentences, except those convicted of murder or a felony sex offense.

"I've wanted to do this for quite a while," Jason Dalton explained in court on Monday, putting an end to jury selection. He faces life without parole for killing six people between transporting fares.

Brown's supporters say she was a victim of human trafficking who has remade herself while in prison — and on Monday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed.

California Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office Jan. 7 after a record four terms as the state's chief executive. After serving from 1975 to 1983, he was re-elected by voters in 2010.

The incoming Florida governor and other politicians in the state say they will need to weigh-in before the amendment passed by voters in Nov., giving voting rights back to felons, is implemented.