LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S NEW CONVICTION REVIEW TEAM On Monday, LA County District Attorney...
Archive - June 2015
LASD Visiting Center Convictions: What the Jury Didn’t Know
IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE As most readers are aware, a seven-woman five-man jury deliberated for...
LOVE WINS: U.S. Supremes Rule Same Sex Marriage Legal Throughout Nation
“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embod- ies the highest ideals of love, fidelity...
Project Fatherhood on Fresh Air, Paul Tanaka’s Defense Move, Bails Lowered in SF, Mass Incarceration’s Slow Death
JORJA LEAP AND “BIG MIKE” SHARE STORIES ABOUT PROJECT FATHERHOOD ON NPR’S FRESH...
2 LA County Deputies & 1 Sergeant Convicted on All Counts for Beating Jail Visitor, Then Falsifying Charges in Cover-Up
THE VERDICT The jury members sent their note to Judge George H. King, announcing that they had a...
CA Cuts Prison Guard Training Time, a San Quentin Lawsuit, Graduating LA Foster Students Honored, and an Award for “Drugging Our Kids”
offset STARTING NEXT MONTH, CALIFORNIA PRISON GUARDS TRAINING WILL BE SHORTENED BY A...
Verdict is in on LASD Visiting Center Trial: ALL GUILTY
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LASD Visiting Center Trial: Day 5 – Closing Arguments: It’s About the Handcuffs
After nearly five hours of closing arguments, the federal trial involving three former and present...
Shuttering LA’s Troubled Youth Welcome Center, Reforming LASD’s Antelope Valley Stations, For-Profit Policing in CA, and Pat Nolan
SHUT DOWN THE LA COUNTY YOUTH WELCOME CENTER, A WAREHOUSE FOR HARD-TO-PLACE FOSTER KIDS, SEZ A...
The Visiting Center Trial – Day 3: A Deputy Tells of Lies That Were Far Too Costly
TRUTH AND LIES Criminal trials are about the law, of course, and hopefully about truth. They are...