YES, BUT IS IT LEGAL? After a weekend of many thousands of demonstrators mobbing the nation’s...
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Opinion: As a Former Attorney for Domestic Violence Survivors, Here’s Why Restorative Justice Gives Me Hope
Fresh from law school, one of my duties involved representing people who had been in violent...
Deconstructing the conviction of Mark Ridley Thomas: Part 13 – Appearing Before the 9th & What comes Next
As we race through the last of our various 2024 holidays, and toward 2025, WitnessLA has begun to...
Jimmy Carter, 39th President & Nobel Prize Winner leaves us at age 100
Jimmy Carter was complicated, brilliant, a man who, during his time as President of the United...
Opinion: How New Restorative Justice Program Can Bring Safety & Support to Survivors During the Holidays
It’s that time of year again, when people's days filled with Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and/or...
Unsuitable: 2024 – LA County Board of Supervisors vote on who to blame because probation’s main youth hall isn’t “suitable” to house young people
Here’s the deal. On Tuesday, December 17, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on...
New Data Source Offers Answers About How Frequently People Are Booked Into Jail and Why
In 2023, 5.6 million individuals were booked into U.S. jails. Because approximately 1.2 million of...
How I Turned from Violence to Healing and Reconciliation
sat in a tiny, crowded cell at the San Francisco County Jail, contemplating how I had ended up...
New Journalism 2025 – another person flees from the LA Times
On December 5, 2024, attorney/journalist Harry Litman explained in his newly launched Substack...
Upcoming Stories and Giving Newsday
Good morning, WitnessLA readers,For much of the world, today is Giving Tuesday.In the world of...
Op-ed: Why school police officers may not be the most effective way to prevent violence
Editor’s Note: An update on LAUSD and school police in LA County The Los Angeles Unified...