"Do you believe he didn't commit the crime?" Stratton asked. "You know, my personal beliefs are not relevant, I don't think.

A Ventura County jury on Thursday convicted Gabriel Torres, a 21-year-old Port Hueneme resident, of attempted murder in connection with a 2022 shooting that left a man seriously injured in Oxnard.

Americans today—indeed, it’s nearly unanimous on our earthly globe—accept democracy (or, “republic,” the representative type of democracy) as the supreme form of human government. The people should ...