LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS PREVIEW MOTION TO RESEARCH WAYS TO OVERHAUL JUVENILE INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM...
Archive - March 2016
” F— the FBI!” – Trial of Former LASD Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, Part 3
The trial of Paul Tanaka, the former second in command of the nation’s largest sheriff’s...
Injustice in LA County’s Indigent Defense System for Kids
GAP IN STRENGTH OF REPRESENTATION BETWEEN POOR JUVENILE DEFENDANTS SERVED BY PANEL ATTORNEYS AND...
The Trial of Paul Tanaka, Part 2: The “Context” and “the Crime”
THE CONTEXT AND THE CRIME “Every crime has a context,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Fox...
Missed Deadlines and a Backlog of Searches for Family Leave LA Foster Kids in Painful Limbo
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services has been having a terrible time...
The Trial of Former LA Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Begins With Two Very Different Stories
TWO DIFFERENT OPENING STATEMENTS, TWO DIFFERENT STORIES It was just after 4 p.m. on Thursday...
College Behind Bars, the Problem With the CalGang Database, and Traumatized Compton Kids Train Shelter Dogs
SEVEN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PROGRAMS FOR INMATES AND FORMER INMATES GET $6 MILLION A total of $5.9...
AG Kamala Harris’ Law Enforcement Transparency Bill…LA County’s New Education Leader…and a Botched Raid
FASTER AND EASIER PUBLIC ACCESS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOOTINGS AND OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE NUMBERS...
What Research About Children’s Brains & Trauma Tells Us About the Need to Invest Early
This essay was adapted from oral remarks given by Wendy Smith during a Congressional roundtable...
Alex Nieto and Gentrification, Criminal Justice Research Center Moves, and Catholics and the Death Penalty
WHY SAN FRANCISCO GENTRIFICATION MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF ALEX NIETO On March 21...