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Two Cases, Two Kinds of Justice
Six years ago, Kathleen Soliah AKA Sara Jane Olson, a former member of Symbionese Liberation Army...
Homeboy: The Biz of Reclaiming Lives
Nothing is simple. I hear that one of our poets from the Homeboy Stories Project has been...
One Murder in Particular – UPDATED
Kevin Roderick at LA Observed posted a link to this Op Ed that ran in the Long Beach Press Telegram...
Race and Murder in LA
The R word is the word of the week. At very different ends of the racial spectrum there was...
“…it is where we start. It is where our union grows stronger”
Whatever candidate you want to see become President, whatever your party or political leaning...
Tibet Watching
For those of you who want to take your minds off Baer Stearns and the fact that 2 million Americans...
Do We Execute the Innocent?
Much to the dismay of death penalty court watchers, myself included, today the Georgia Supreme...
Slashing & Burning Education: WWFDRD?
Now that California’s education budget is sliding toward the abyss, a local activist asks...
LA Gang Wars IV: Steve Lopez Throws Down
LA Times columnist Steve Lopez has been apologizing a lot in the last 48 hours. Here’s...