Government,
Legal Education
May 2, 2022
Fact or fiction? Reopening 1860 investigation could clear Hastings’ name
We have developed a process in our legal system which is designed to find the truth through the painstaking, often tedious and sometimes acrimonious review of all relevant evidence, and by providing the accused due process of law. That process is taught at Hastings College of the Law.
At the hearing before the California Assembly’s Higher Education Committee on April 26, 2022, a powerful case was made for the State of California taking responsibility for the depredation of, and providing restorative justice to, California’s Native people. Assembly Bill 1936 is designed in part to do that, and it passed by a 9-0 vote. During the hearing, the Legislature’s 1860 investigation into the violence between Native people and white settlers was mentioned, a...
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