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January 14, 2026
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Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
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Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
Criminal Justice • LAPD

Judge Dismisses Suzie Pena Lawsuit – UPDATED

August 3, 2009
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UPDATE: I’ll be on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? show for a news segment tonight to...

California Budget • CDCR • Los Angeles Times • Parole Policy • Prison Policy

Corrections Cuts, Part 2

August 3, 2009
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Those who are looking to derail the proposed cuts to California’s corrections budget that I...

Medical Marijuana

Seniors and Medical Medical Marijuana

August 3, 2009
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Seniors at what Laguna Woods, the retirement community formerly known as Leisure World, have...

California Budget • CDCR • Prison Policy

Cutting $$ Out of California’s Prisons – The Real Numbers – UPDATED

July 31, 2009
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There was much quarreling in the past two weeks about the proposed $1.2 billion dollars that is...

American Artists • Crime and Punishment • Life and Life Only • Parole Policy • Writers and Writing

Finding the Words to Talk About the Death of a Child

July 30, 2009
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Wednesday’s Fresh Air, featured a poet named Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno who has recently...

Crime and Punishment • Media

I’ll Be On Which Way LA? Tonight RE: Lily Burk & Parole Policy

July 29, 2009
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This evening at 7 p.m, {Actually our segment is on at 7:30 ] I’ll be on Warren Olney’s...

Public Health

Health Care. What are We doing?

July 29, 2009
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A quick break from reporting on sad LA issues: Yesterday afternoon, I talked at length with one...

California Budget • Environment • Public Assistance • Public Health

Arnold “Line Item Vetos” State Parks Funding – UPDATED

July 28, 2009
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Using the poorly named “line item veto,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger managed, with...

Crime and Punishment • Gangs • LAPD

The Death of Lily Burk….What We Do NOT Know – UPDATED

July 27, 2009
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After spending way more time than was likely sensible talking on the phone and exchanging emails...

Criminal Justice • LAPD

The Death of Lily Burk: What We Know – UPDATED

July 27, 2009
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Here’s what we know about the death of 17-year-old Lily Burk. This terrible thing happened...

Crime and Punishment • LAPD

The Death of Lily Burk…Arrest Made – UPDATED

July 27, 2009
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UPDATE 7:a.m: The LAPD has arrested 50-year-old Charlie Samuel who is being held without bail...

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Lily Burk UPDATE: The Police

July 26, 2009
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In light of the concern that some have expressed—here and elsewhere—about how...

Life and Life Only

Big Wave Weekend

July 26, 2009
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Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • LAPD

Sick at Heart for the Parents of Lily Burk, 17

July 26, 2009
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Here is the story from the LA Times: She was set to star this week in her high school’s...

Antonio Villaraigosa • California Budget • City Government • Gangs • Media

On Deadline LA, KPFK – Today at 3:30 PM

July 24, 2009
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I’ll be on Deadline LA today, KPFK’s half-hour weekly show on the Media, hosted by...

California Budget • Crime and Punishment • LAPPL • Prison

Early Prisoner Release: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

July 24, 2009
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At Thursday’s morning press conference, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, police union president...

California Budget • Crime and Punishment

Sane Behavior (We Take it Wherever We Can Find It)

July 23, 2009
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Amidst much idiocy on a state and national level of late, here were a couple of small moments of...

California Budget

About the California Budget: The Prisoner Release – UPDATED

July 22, 2009
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We are all scrambling to apprehend the details of the recently agreed upon (by the Uber Five), but...

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