Malicious prosecution occurs when someone initiates legal action against you without proper justification for purposes of intimidating, harassing or otherwise causing you harm.

While prosecutors appealed to the jury's "common sense," attorneys for Brooks Houck said the case depended on "assumptions, theories and guesses." ...

Proposition 36 will go into effect no later than December 18th and Smittcamp says the full impact will take time to see. "This isn't the answer to criminal behaviors and patterns in California ...