Over the past 10 years, law enforcement agencies have seized billions of dollars from people who...
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Data Shows Arrests Numbers Dropping at the Local and State Levels
In Los Angeles and across the state, law enforcement officers are increasingly making fewer...
Does Race Affect Plea Bargaining? A New Study Says YES
Plea Bargains & Race We know that approximately 95 percent of all criminal convictions are the...
Should the LA County Sheriff’s Department Be Able to Fire Deputies Who Lie?
What Does It Take to Get Fired Around Here? It turns out that firing, or even sanctioning, law...
Bills to Help Sexual Assault and Trafficking Victims
BILL OF RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS This week, AB 1312, the Sexual Assault Survivors’...
Bill to Ease Burden of Child Care for Foster Parents
Los Angeles County is experiencing a critical shortage of available foster parents and relative...
State Proposes Rules for Prop. 57 Regarding Good Time Credits and Parole
Late last week, California prison officials proposed regulations for the portions of voter-approved...
LA Police Commission Seeks Public Comment as It Reviews LAPD Body Cam Policy
Late last week, the Los Angeles Police Commission launched a review of the LAPD’s policy...
After Decades Behind Bars on a Wrongful Conviction, Man to Be Set Free
Marco Contreras, a man wrongfully convicted of attempted murder and robbery, is expected to be...
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Videos Himself Deliberately Ignoring a “Gunshot Victim” Radio Call. ….But There Is Much More To The Story
“Somebody Got shot right now….I Gotta Go, But I’m Not Gonna Go” In a...