On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court is slated to consider whether people held in immigrant detention...
Archive - November 2016
Sec. of Education Calls for Boosts to Prison Education, Pasadena Sued Over Police Body Cam Policy…and More
WITH RELEASE OF STUDY ON LITERACY IN PRISONS, US EDUCATION SECRETARY CALLS FOR POSTSECONDARY...
Two Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced to Prison for Savagely Beating Jail Inmate
AND THAT MAKES 20 CONVICTIONS OF FORMER LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AS...
Authorities Continue to Search for a Motive for Attacker at Ohio State U Who Injured 11 – UPDATED
OSU ATTACKER WHO SENT 11 TO THE HOSPITAL WORRIED ABOUT BEING STEREOTYPED At around 10 a.m. ET...
Judge Puts Off Decision About Whether Former LA Sheriff Lee Baca Can use an Expert to Introduce Baca’s Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
PUTTING LEE BACA’S MEMORY ON THE WITNESS STAND At a 3 p.m hearing on Wednesday in the...
LA County Supes Take on Hate Crimes
COUNTY TO ADDRESS INCREASE IN HATE-DRIVEN INCIDENTS On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of...
Obama Hits 1,000 Commutations
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama granted 79 more commutations, pushing his clemency total over...
More Cities Join LA in Asserting “Sanctuary” Status Despite Trump’s Plan to Take Away Funding
Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said the city would not work...
Scorecard Ranks CA Counties by Kids’ Well-Being
A report from the advocacy group Children Now takes a county-by-county look at children’s...
As Lee Baca’s Trial Approaches, the Fight Heats Up About the Former LA Sheriff’s “Cognitive Impairment”
THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER LEE BACA’S MEMORY Earlier this month, both the defense and the...