Plea bargaining is, in theory, intended to serve as an integral part of our criminal legal system...
Archive - June 2023
WitnessLA Wins 1st Prize for Crime Reporting at SoCal Journalism Awards
On Sunday night, at the the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, The Los Angeles Press Club handed out the...
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 1
On Monday morning, June 26, Mark Ridley-Thomas and his team of defense attorneys, will come before...
A string of kids overdose & a staff member attacked in one of LA County’s troubled youth halls
According WitnessLA's sources, in the last five day there have been eleven drug overdoses at Barry...
California’s AG appears to be moving toward a more aggressive form of oversight for Vallejo Police.
Laurence Du Sault at Open Vallejo writes about the California AG’s announcement last week that...
US Supreme Court upholds the Indian Child Welfare Act in 7-2 decision
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a federal law aimed at keeping Native...
Happy Juneteenth! And to help you celebrate…a reading list
In no particular order, below you'll find a short reading list in honor of Juneteenth 2023.
California’s Fentanyl Problem Is getting worse, as experts argue about solutions.
California has allocated more than $1 billion in recent years to combat its opioid crisis. Much of...
Preview: Deconstructing the conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas
Two and-a-half months ago, on Thursday, March 30, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Dale S...
California’s digital privacy battle was already complicated & now, post Dobbs, it has brand new complications
by Kristen Hwang, CalMatters On March 1, 2019, 38-year-old Adbadalla Thabet arrived at a Bank...