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#NoKings • #SeekingJustice

How the 9th circuit told the U.S. President NO regarding POTUS’s plan to keep CA from counting 20,000 of our state’s votes.

October 26, 2026
#JusticeBriefs2026

Op-Ed: The Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas Is Not a Joke: Representative Democracy Is at Stake

October 9, 2026
#Justice • #The California Justice Report

WitnessLA Comes to Substack

October 7, 2026
#NoKings

A quick look at how SCOTUS ruled in favor of Democracy, then our nation went to war, and the president threatened the Supremes

March 18, 2026
#NoKings

Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
LASD

The Twin Towers Jail Inmate Abuse Trial Continues With More Courtroom Drama to Come

May 13, 2016
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The latest federal trial involving members of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department accused of...

Pretrial Detention/Release • Uncategorized

Pretrial Detention and the Poor, an Asset Forfeiture Bill, Steve Lopez on Homelessness, and LA Supe. Candidates on Child Welfare

May 12, 2016
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CASH BAIL KEEPS POOR PEOPLE LOCKED UP (UNNECESSARILY) AND IMPOVERISHED A new report from the Prison...

Foster Care

LA County Child Abuse and Neglect Report…Sheriff McDonnell on AirTalk…and Rehabilitation, Reentry, and “Human Frailty”

May 11, 2016
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REPORT GIVES RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BETTER CATCH AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT On Tuesday...

LASD

LASD Deputies Sentenced in Jail Abuse Trial

May 10, 2016
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On Monday, Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, Joey Aguiar and Mariano Ramirez were sentenced to 18...

Sentencing

Sentence Enhancements, LASD Psychologist Accused of Molesting Kids, and One School’s 100% College-Bound Student Body

May 10, 2016
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OPINION – MICHELLE ALEXANDER SAYS TOSS OUT DRUG SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS Sentence...

LASD

Latest LA County Sheriff’s Dept. Jail Inmate Abuse Trial Begins Tuesday

May 9, 2016
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On Tuesday, jury selection begins for one more federal trial involving members of the Los Angeles...

LA County Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Candidates on Foster Care and Juvie Justice…the OC Jailhouse Snitch Blog…High Court Hearing on Brown’s Justice Measure…and Homelessness

May 6, 2016
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FIND OUT WHAT THE 5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR HOPEFULS THINK ABOUT CHILD WELFARE, JUVENILE JUSTICE...

Obama

Fifty-Eight More Commutations from Obama

May 6, 2016
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PRESIDENT OBAMA COMMUTED 58 SENTENCES, BRINGING HIS TOTAL TO 306 COMMUTATIONS, THUS FAR On...

LASD

Tom Angel Timeline, Asset Forfeiture, Deputies Shooting into Cars, and a Story of Reconciliation

May 5, 2016
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LA DAILY NEWS ASKS WHY IT TOOK FOUR DAYS FOR LASD TO BOOT TOM ANGEL Last week, news broke via the...

Solitary

LA County Supervisors Ban Solitary for Kids (And, Yes, This is a Big Deal)

May 4, 2016
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion that bans the use of...

Homeboy Industries • Probation

LA County Board of Supes to Consider Funding Homeboy Industries to Do the Job It’s Been Doing for Free for the County for Years – UPDATED

May 3, 2016
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UPDATE: On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors passed the motion described below, with...

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris’ Justice Reform History, Live Streaming CA’s High Court, and SCOTUS Won’t Consider Constitutionality of Death Penalty

May 3, 2016
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A LOOK AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HISTORY OF CA DISTRICT ATTORNEY (AND US SENATE HOPEFUL)...

Child Sex Trafficking & Abuse • Child Sexual Abuse • Sex Trafficking

How LA Kids are Being Recruited for Sex Trafficking & What LA Law Enforcement is Doing About It – by Kristy Plaza and Alana Victor

May 2, 2016
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY’S CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CRISIS & HOW LA LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING...

LASD

LA County Sheriff’s Department Chief of Staff Tom Angel Resigns Over Racist and Anti-Muslim Email Controversy

May 1, 2016
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Tom Angel, who is the chief of staff for LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, has just resigned his...

CDCR

NO SAFE PLACE: A Troubling Suicide at a California Women’s Prison & a Report Pointing to Chronic Failures in the Facility’s Suicide Prevention Practices

April 29, 2016
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Erika Rocha was 35 years old when she committed suicide on April 14 of this year, in the mental...

LASD • Uncategorized

A Top LASD Official’s Racist and Sexist Emails

April 28, 2016
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LA COUNTY SHERIFF’S CHIEF OF STAFF, TOM ANGEL, FORWARDED RASIST CHAIN EMAILS LA County...

Juvenile Justice

Restorative Justice in Action…and Poetry Healing Trauma in Watts

April 28, 2016
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CENTINELA YOUTH SERVICES AND THE CASE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, RATHER THAN LOCK-UP...

Gangs • Uncategorized

Taking a Closer Look at an Anti-Gang Program, More SFPD Racist Texts, and Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald’s Retirement

April 27, 2016
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COUNTY OFFICIALS TO RE-EVALUATE A 1990s ANTI-GANG PROGRAM AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS On Tuesday, the LA...

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