by Taylor Walker & Celeste Fremon California’s voter-approved Proposition 47—which...
Archive - March 2018
Bill Update: Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted, Independent Autopsies, and Gun Control
As California’s 2018 legislative session has been starting to gain momentum in February and...
LA County Supes Approve $5.9 Million Settlement for Mentally Ill Pretrial Inmate Who Sustained Brain Injury
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $5.9 million...
Nobody Knows How Many Kids Get Caught With Guns in School. Here’s Why.
By Jen Fifield One day after a Florida teenager walked into his former high school and carried out...
How the Worst Kind of Personal Sorrow Led LA Violence Reduction Expert Aqeela Sherrills to Help Newark, NJ, Lower Its Murder Rate
Aqeela Sherrills, a former Grape Street Crip, who was one of the primary architects of the famous...
Gov. Brown, the State’s Analyst, & Youth Advocates Argue Over Raising the Age Limit for State Juvie Lock-ups
In January, California Governor Jerry Brown released a budget blueprint that included several...
In a Case of Awful Timing, Trump Administration Seeks Shutdown of New School Safety Research
by Ted Gest After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut at the end of 2012...