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John Legend’s Oscar Night Statement….Tech Education for Kids in Lock Up… The Bail Industry Fights Back….Will CA Regulate Solitary for Juveniles?…

February 24, 2015

In addition to Monday morning’s expected post-Oscar commentary on winners, losers, and the...

Children and Adolescents • FBI • Foster Care • How Appealing • Innocence • Juvenile Justice • Law Enforcement • Probation • Race • Race & Justice

Are LA’s Foster Care & Juvie Justice Kids Being Over Drugged?….When Experts Recant in Criminal Cases….The Flawed Science of Bite Mark Evidence…..TAL’s Series: “Cops See Things Differently”

February 17, 2015

As you know, we’ve been following San Jose Mercury News reporter Karen de Sá’s...

Innocence • Jail • Juvenile Justice • LWOP Kids • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice

Does California Need an Innocence Commission?…ABA Sez No More LWOP 4 KIDS….Confronting Lynching…MacArthur Puts Up $$$ to Reform U.S. Jails

February 11, 2015

DOES CALIFORNIA NEED AN INNOCENCE COMMISSION? North Carolina is the only state in the union that...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • Sentencing

The Presumption of Innocence & the Presumption of Dangerousness

January 28, 2015

This past weekend, UC Irvine’s Literary Journalism Program together with UCI’s School...

Charlie Beck • Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • LAPD • LASD • Law Enforcement • Police • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice

Blue is the New White: The Complexity of Talking About Police Reform – by Bill Boyarsky

January 21, 2015

EDITOR’S NOTE: In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Barak Obama...

Justice • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice

Thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King

January 19, 2015

Attorney Bryan Stevenson’s Spring 2012 TED talk called “We Need to Talk About...