Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Michel will be sentenced next week. Michel, if...
Muhammed Ali: Simply, The Greatest – January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world...
Why Wasn’t SB 1286, the Police Transparency Bill, Allowed to Go Through the Legislative Process?
Late last week, SB 1286, a bill that would have allowed greater public access to certain peace...
The UCLA Shooting, Compton’s Confounding Homicide Spike, The Push for More Relative Caregivers in LA, and Juvie Solitary
MURDER-SUICIDE AT UCLA On Thursday morning at UCLA, an unnamed man shot and killed a well-liked...
Criminal Justice Bill Roundup, Curfew Laws, Discrimination Lawsuit on Behalf of Kern County Kids of Color, and More
A CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: PROP 47 EXTENSION, VOTING WITH A FELONY...
Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Reportedly Suffering From Alzheimer’s, Could Affect Sentencing
IS FORMER SHERIFF LEE BACA SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? According to sources who have...
For Those Who Have Served, With Deep Appreciation, Respect and Sorrow.
For those service men and women whom Memorial Day honors, here is Jason Isbell’s beautiful...
In an Important New Opinion, Fed Judge Talks About “Collateral Consequences” of a Felony Record, & Declines to Give Prison Sentence
In a remarkable 42-page opinion handed down in a New York federal court on Tuesday, U.S. District...
SCOTUS Tackles Racism in Jury Selection, Bill to Block Info on Child Welfare Deaths Scrapped, and a Jackie Lacey Interview
SCOTUS RULES AGAINST RACIAL BIAS IN DEATH PENALTY JURY SELECTION On Monday, in a 7-1 decision...
The Transformation of American Interrogation, Pushing CA to Abolish Juvie Solitary, a Troubling Death in a San Diego Jail, and Environmental Discrimination Against Inmates
OBAMA’S NON-COERCIVE TERROR INTERROGATION GROUP IS WORKING TO RADICALLY CHANGING THE WAY...
What’s Next for the SFPD After Chief’s Removal, PBS Film Follows Former Third-Strikers, and Youth Poetry from Behind Bars
AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF SFPD CHIEF GREG SUHR, A LOOK TO THE FUTURE Last Thursday, hours after San...
When Calif. Closes Its Problematic Group Homes Will LA’s Neediest Foster Kids Have Somewhere Better to Go? – by Sara Tiano & Brittany Reid
FINDING FAMILY A New California Law Will Soon Close the State’s Scandal-Plagued Group...
SFPD Chief Ousted, LAPD Union Sues Over Discipline Practices, Prison Admissions up Nationwide, and Blocking Sunshine in Child Death Records
SF MAYOR BOOTS EMBATTLED SFPD CHIEF AFTER FATAL SHOOTING On Thursday, just a few short hours after...
California Budget Highlights: Prop. 47 Savings, $$ for Combatting Homelessness, and More
BROWN’S CALCULATED PROP. 47 SAVINGS INCREASES BY $10 MILLION California Governor Jerry Brown...
Formerly Incarcerated Berkeley Grads, Supes Seek “Millionaires Tax” to Fight Homelessness, the 4th District Supe Candidates, LA Mag’s Charlie Beck Interview, and Exoneration in San Diego
BERKELEY STUDENTS’ PATH FROM LOCK-UP TO COLLEGE GRADUATION On Sunday, UC Berkeley held its...
Fed Jury Takes Less Than 90 Min to Convict Two Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies in Latest Jail Brutality Trial
After three days of dramatic testimony in the trial of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
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A Federal Jury Weighs Competing “Truths” After “Honor Recruit” Deputy Tells About Kicks to the Crotch of a Mentally Ill Inmate and Other Alleged Brutality
COMPETING NARRATIVES & DECIDING WHOM TO BELIEVE The most recent jail brutality case brought...