Fifty-Year-Old Sentenced for Gun Possession | San Jose News

A 50-year-old Oakland man, Karmal Howard, sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for possessing a gun after a July 2025 bust—despite claiming wrongful conviction from 2001 and backing from the Innocence Project. Prosecutors tied his case to Oakland’s rising violence, framing it as part of a federal crackdown. Howard took full blame, citing personal regret and lost employment, but the judge upheld the recommended sentence amid heightened enforcement targeting illegal firearms in the city. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Sources:https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/15/oakland-man-sentenced-to-366-days-in-early-test-of-bay-area-federal-law-enforcement-surge/ More coverage & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/b14a2d79a2d8f4f9 Report issues to [email protected].