9TH CIRCUIT SAYS MARICOPA COUNTY STRIP SEARCH VIOLATES 4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS & THE SUPREMES LET...
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Dear California, Chill. The Scary Criminals R NOT Coming to Get You
A week after the US Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Plata in which SCOTUS affirmed that the 3...
California Crime Rate Drops, Plus More Views on the Supreme’s Prison Ruling
I saw LAPD Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday when I was having lunch at the Homegirl Cafe. We talked...
FYI: The Supremes’ Ruling IS NOT a Demand for Prisoner Release
On Monday morning the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case known as Brown v. Plata that California...
Supremes Say Calif. has “Serious Constitutional Violations” With Prison Overcrowding
Amazing. It was a 5-4 ruling—as we guessed it likely would be. Anthony Kennedy was the...
SCOTUS, Prison and Religious Freedom
This is a case from last week that I didn’t want to overlook. Civil rights advocates are...