The great LA Times blog, The Homicide Report, which was put on “hiatus” last November...
Criminal Justice
The Times: Failing Four-Year-Old Roberto and Us
Four-year-old Roberto Lopez is the latest symbol of a dying newspaper. The little boy was shot and...
The Dishonest & Pernicious Myths RE: Immigrants and Crime
I’m still in my Vermont literary bubble (and Alan is still MIA but will turn up soon, he...
Bernie Madoff Trashes Criminal Justice Reform
Or indirectly anyway. The hits from the Madoff mess just keep on coming. The newest casualty...
Trigger-Happy Cops in Inglewood?
An LAPD command staff friend once told me the following about the elements necessary to...
Ted Stevens Prosecution Team and the Bad Judgment Olympics
This morning’s Washington Post (among many news outlets) has the story about all the ways...