Late on an August night in 1989, an off-duty Savannah police officer named Mark Allen MacPhail...
Criminal Justice
Rise in Assaults on LAPD Officers…Life WITH Parole in CA…New LASD Trouble
The LAPD Union’s blog asks why the disturbing rise in attacks on police...
Despite Criticism, Why it’s Good That Some CA Mothers in Prison Will Serve Part of Their Sentences at Home
On Monday of this week, the California Department of Corrections announced that up to 4000 of the...
Sentencing by Race…and Post 9/11 Militarization of the Cops
ARE AMERICAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MILITARIZED—AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY)? The...
Monday Must Reads (Views and Listens)
TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL The terrible fact is that a staggering 48-percent of all African American...
The Stories Behind the Story of the Pelican Bay SHU Hunger Strike
The best reporting thus far on the inmate hunger strike that originated in the Pelican Bay...