OIG REPORT SLAMS FBI OVER FAILURE TO DISCLOSE FAULTY LAB WORK IN 60 DEATH ROW CASES (AND MORE) On...
What the “Shocking” Rise in Racial Disparity Has to Do With the Criminal Justice System….Jackie Lacey’s Evolution…Miami-Dade & Mental Health Diversion….& More
More than two decades ago, James Smith of the Rand Corporation and Finis Welch of UCLA, published...
Fed Judge Rules CA Death Penalty Unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney ruled on Wednesday that California’s death penalty...
Mark Ridley-Thomas Asks for $20 Million for Mental Health Diversion & Jackie Lacey Lays Out the Issue
On Tuesday, Supervisor Mark-Ridley Thomas surprised advocates at this week’s board of...
LA Funding Behavioral-Parent Training to Keep Kids Safe….LASD’s New Re-entry Center….Realignment Recommendations….and Supe Ridley-Thomas and Others Back Jim McDonnell for Sheriff
LA INVESTING $20M IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY TO IMPROVE CHILD SAFETY The taxpayer...
LA County Board of Supes to Vote on Laura’s Law… as Sheriff Candidate McDonnell Commits Strong Support for Mental Health Diversion
EXPANDING LAURA’S LAW IN LA COUNTY On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors will...
CA Supreme Court Eases Three Strikes Law….Improving Educational Outcomes for Foster Kids….the Case for Creating an LASD Citizens Commission Immediately…and More
IMPORTANT CALIFORNIA HIGH COURT RULING LOOSENS INTERPRETATION OF THREE-STRIKES LAW Late last week...
Interim Sheriff Wants OIG Bound to LASD in Attorney-Client Relationship…the Center for Youth Wellness…and the LASD’s Emerging Leaders Academy
SHERIFF SCOTT PUSHES FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL AND LASD TO HAVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE Back in...
Mystery Message in the Sky Over LASD Headquarters
Around 2 PM Wednesday, just at the time when the Sheriff Department’s executive planning...
Sen. Rand Paul and Cory Booker Team Up on Criminal Justice Reform…Filmmaking for Disadvantaged Kids…ACLU Sues Over Lack of Representation for Immigrant Kids…and More
CRUCIAL BIPARTISAN JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BILL On Tuesday, the unlikely combination...
CA to Spend BIG $$ on Youth Lock-ups. So Can We spend it Well?…..”Getting Life” – What It’s Like to Be Wrongfully Convicted…….
CALIFORNIA PLANS TO SPEND $79 MILLION ON YOUTH, & ADVOCATES PRESS FOR $$ TO GO TO COUNTIES...
Childhood Trauma Often Mistaken for ADHD….The Feds Officially to Retry Sexton…..The Question of Charlie Beck’s 2nd Term…NY Wants to Raise Age of Criminal Responsibility
HOW CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR ADHD One in nine U.S. Children are diagnosed with...
Feds Plan to Retry LA Sheriff’s Deputy James Sexton (But Will There Ever Be Indictments Up the Ladder?)
On Thursday of last week, two days after a federal jury found six members of the Los Angeles...
Realignment and Homeless Probationers, San Francisco to Nix Costly Jail Phone Calls, and Restorative Justice in Massachusetts Prisons
INCREASE IN HOMELESS AB109 PROBATIONERS, AND HOW COUNTIES ARE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE The diversion...
Happy 4th of July!
The above video is of last year’s first annual 4th of July celebration at Grand Park in...
LA Foster Care Documentary, Los Angeles DA Calls for Split-Sentencing, Solitary Confinement and Kids’ Brains, and LASD Oversight
WATCH THIS TONIGHT: LOS ANGELES FOSTER CARE DOCUMENTARY ON OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK Tonight (Thursday)...
WLA on Which Way LA? on KCRW 89.9 FM
On Tuesday night, WitnessLA was on KCRW’s Which Way LA? with the always excellent Barbara...
OPERATION PANDORA’S BOX: THE JURY SPEAKS: Six Guilty On All Counts – What the LASD Verdict Means
THE JURY SPEAKS After nearly five days of deliberation—which included twice having to start...