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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Friday to expunge the record
stanley cup s of nonviolent offenders who have fought fires for the state while in prison, allowing them to pursue careers as firefighters and first responders once released. California law previously compelled emergency service agencies to deny certification to anyone convicted of two or more felonies, on parole, or who has committed a felony within the last decade. This bill will help give people opportunity and hope, Newsom said at a press conferenceon Friday, h
stanley cup eld in the burned-out, and still smoke-filled, Yuba County park north of Sacramento.The governor noted that thousands of prisoners are on the frontlines battlinghistoric fires burning across California, calling their contribution to suppressing the flames heroic and demonstrable. About 20% of California s fire crews are inmates. This bill ... will give those prisoners hope of actually getting a job in the profession that they ve been trained, he said.The bill opens the door for members of California s special Conservation Fire Camp program, which allows certain
stanley cup inmates to join the battle against massive blazes, to file a petition to both expunge their records and waive parole time, CBS San Francisco reports. California inmates join fight to put out wildfires 01:49 Mabf Biden administration expands Temporary Protected Status eligibility for Ukrainians in U.S.
PROVIDENCE FORGE, Va. -- An Iowa couple
airmax pleaded guilty Friday to sex trafficking charges as graphic new details emerged in a Virginia sex slave case.Authorities say Aldair Hodza, 36, and Laura Sorensen, 31, of Clive, Iowa, used torture and sexual abuse and forced a female victim to engage in prostitution after taking her captive in an RV last year, reports CBS affiliate WTVR.They say the pair lured the victim
stanley cup into the RV Dec. 19 and then took her phone, forced her to consume alcohol and marijuana, sexually assaulted her and held her against her will, forcing her to travel with them from Iowa to Virginia to visit Hozda s minor daughter. The defendants allegedly posted advertisements on Craigslist soliciting the victim for sex, attempting to prostitute her along the trip at various truck stops, the station reports.During the victim s captivity, authorities say the defendants tortured her, burning her with a key and scisso
yeezy rs that had been heated on a stove, putting cigarettes out on the victim s body, whipping the victim with a rope, driving nails into the victim s feet, and spraying bleach into the victim s wound. The victim was rescued and the pair arrested Jan. 5, 2015 after a concerned truck driver noticed suspicious behavior in the RV, parked at a gas station in Providence Forge, about 30 miles east of Richmond, and called police.Trucker Kevin Kimmel told WTVR he noticed a distraught-looking girl in the RV who quickly disappear