California’s Misdemeanor Crime of Revenge Porn

California led the nation in 2013 when it created the misdemeanor crime of revenge porn. Under Penal Code § 647(j)(4), posting sexually explicit images or videos of someone online, without consent, which causes the victim to suffer serious emotional distress is a misdemeanor. Another way of describing it would be “non-consensual pornography.” PC § 647(j)(4)…

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New Laws Recently Enacted

SB 823 | Juvenile justice realignment Senate Bill 823 closes the California Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the state system that currently houses and treats youth who have committed the most serious crimes. It has been replaced by a new county-based system named the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) in the California Health and Human…

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