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Cruel and Unusual: U.S. Sentencing Practices Vs. Everybody Else by Matthew Fleischer
CRUEL & UNUSUAL: U.S. SENTENCING PRACTICES VS. EVERYBODY ELSE by Matthew Fleischer In...
Veteran PTSD Stigma, Homeboy & the Solar Industry, and Twitterature…
VETERANS COME HOME FROM BATTLE TO FACE PTSD STIGMA In honor of Memorial Day–and because...
Bill to Lift Media Ban on Interviewing Inmates, LAUSD Police Still Ticket Too Many Kids, and More…
CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS MAY VOTE TO GIVE MEDIA MORE PRISON ACCESS (IT’S ABOUT TIME) A...
California’s Foster Care Bubble Kids: Will We Help or Abandon Them?
For years we have known that a high percentage of the state’s foster kids who age out of the...
Santa Monica Lions & MT’s Citizens United Knight, and More
DID THEY REALLY HAVE TO SHOOT THIS SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN. LION? I live in Topanga where we very...
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 1 – A Reluctant Sergeant Testifies
On Monday, May 14, 2012, the members of the Los Angeles County Citizens’ Commission on Jail...
Ex-felon Re-entry Bills, CA Juvie Strikes Still Count, & Cops Snatch Families’ Bail Money
THE SUPREMES SAY CALIFORNIA’S JUVENILE STRIKES COUNT IN ADULT SENTENCING SCOTUS rejected a...
Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed–and Why It Still Matters
For a pile of years, my pal, the award-winning Brit investigative journalist, Andrew Gumbel, has...
If LA Wants to Reform Its Pretrial Detention Strategy, Who Would Stand in the Way? by Matthew Fleischer
*** EDITOR’S NOTE: A few years ago, Florida’s largest counties noticed that the...