SAN FRANCISCO IS FIRST CA CITY TO PROVIDE LAWYERS FOR UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN & FAMILIES On...
Race & Justice
Ferguson, Los Angeles & Lakewood….the Task of Finding Facts Beneath the Defensiveness, Demonization & Trauma
Over the weekend, emotions continued to run high over the shooting of Michael Brown. Attorney...
LAPD Chief Gets Five More Years, LA’s Child Dependency Courts Reopened, an Uncommon Public Defense Approach, and Michael Brown
LAPD CHIEF CHARLIE BECK RECEIVES SECOND TERM FROM POLICE COMMISSION On Tuesday, the Los Angeles...
Using Risk Assessment in Sentencing…Protecting Kids Whose Parents are Being Arrested…and More
AG ERIC HOLDER OPPOSES USING RISK ASSESSMENT TO CALCULATE DRUG SENTENCES US Attorney General Eric...
Juvenile Lifers and What They Face in the System….”My Brother’s Keeper” Leaves out the Girls….CA Bill Would Bring “Religious Freedom” into Child Welfare…and More
THE REALITIES OF SENTENCING KIDS TO DIE IN PRISON Data and discussions about the causal effects of...
Compromise Bill to Limit Willful Defiance, Two Preschoolers Suspended 8 Times, LASD Missed the Mark on Metro Policing Objectives, and Former Foster Kids Struggle to Get Health Care
GOV BROWN HELPS AMEND BILL THAT WOULD LIMIT USE OF “WILLFUL DEFIANCE” FOR SUSPENSIONS...