Rosa Maria Sanchez has been in prison for 23 years for a crime that she has always insisted that...
Crime and Punishment
Carmen Trutanich and the Million $$ Bail
Well, I’m glad someone has written about it. Tim Rutten calls it government by tantrum...
Chelsea King, Lawbreaking Kids…& Tragically Unequal Justice
I just read the AP’s story on 30-year-old John Albert Gardner III, the 30-year-old convicted...
The Judge & the 3-Striker
There is a very worthwhile two-part series by Kurt Streeter that is running in the LA Times Sunday...
Poisonous Legacy: The Gitmo Suicides & the Uighurs
Barack Obama pledged to close Guantanamo within a year of his inauguration. But Gitmo is still...
Texas Reforms Criminal Justice Policies—and Gets Results (Duh!)
The state of Texas may be one of the toughest when it comes to capital punishment, but it been...