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Archive - May 2011
Down With a Cold…Back Friday A.M.
Looking Back at the Coverage of Arnold’s Alleged Serial Groping
Tracy Webber of Pro Publica, formerly a Pulitzer winner from the LA Times, has posted an essay ...
Voices from Solitary: It’s Time to Talk About It
Solitary Watch is a website launched two years ago that is dedicated to bringing the topic of...
Full 9th Circuit Shows Winklevoss Brothers to the Door
The Winklevoss twins lose yet one more round. The mean, mean, mean justices of the full ninth...
3 Monday Must Reads – Reforming Prisons, Interrogating Librarians and More
WHY PRISON REFORM MAY FINALLY OCCUR: IT’S THE MONEY, STUPID “In this economic climate...
Was an Alleged Double Murderer Paroled Years Early from Prison?
Wednesday night the LA Weekly posted a story with the headline: Zachariah Timothy Lehnen, Accused...
Is CA’s 3-Strikes Good or Bad Law? State & Local Officials Contemplate the Question
Last week two dozen California reporters—myself included—met with state and local...
Must a Felony Record Be a Life Sentence for Joblessness?
In Wednesday’s LA Times Father Greg Boyle writes that its everyone’s business to give...
Dear Tony Rackauckas, It’s About That Constitutional Thingy, Says Fed Judge
In a significant victory for the So Cal ACLU, on Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that Orange County...