HOLDER REVEALS FED. SENTENCING REFORMS AND OTHER CHANGES AIMED AT REDUCING THE PRISON POP. Monday...
Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry)
Examining the Decade-Long National Drop in Crime….Controversy as Calif Considers Private Prisons…Racial Bias and Stand Your Ground Laws
EDITOR’S NOTE: Light posting today as we are working on larger stories, two of which are...
LA County Supervisors to Look at Juvenile Court-Appointed Attorneys’ Pay…the Horrors of Asset Forfeiture…and More
LA COUNTY SUPERVISOR RIDLEY-THOMAS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF MEAGER FEES PAID TO COURT-APPOINTED...
SCOTUS Sez No to Jerry Brown’s Request to Delay Prisoner Release to Fix Overcrowding
With no real comment, and with three justices dissenting, the U.S. Supreme Court refused the appeal...
TWO MANY WOMEN: the Hidden Overcrowding in California’s Prisons – by Matthew Fleischer
TOO MANY WOMEN: Are California’s female inmates bearing the brunt of the state’s...
Effects of Severe Cuts to Public Defender Services, Gov. Brown’s Prisons Predicament, Hunger Strike, and More Sheriff’s Luncheon
BUDGET CUTS BEAR DOWN ON PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM With federal public defenders services threatened...