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#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
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This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
Juvenile Justice • LASD • LGBTQ • Parole Policy • School to Prison Pipeline

California “Lifers” and Parole, Sex Trafficking in LA, Kids Unrepresented in Court, Sheriff Candidate Updates, and Oregon Legalizes Gay Marriage

May 20, 2014
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LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE FOR FORMER “LIFERS” ON PAROLE IN CALIFORNIA Over the last six...

2014 Election • FBI • Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Pandora's Box • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca • U.S. Attorney

PANDORA’S BOX: Sexton Trial Day 4: Tanaka Takes the Stand

May 19, 2014
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TANAKA AS WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE It was just before the noon hour on Friday when word evidently...

Courts • FBI • Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Pandora's Box • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca

PANDORA’S BOX: Sexton Trial Day 3: Lee Baca Personally Signed Off on Massive Overtime Hours for Deputies Hiding Brown

May 16, 2014
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Among the biggest revelations of Thursday, the third day of trial for LA County sheriff’s...

Courts • Criminal Justice • FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Pandora's Box • Paul Tanaka • U.S. Attorney

Pandora’s Box: the Sexton Obstruction of Justice Trial Continues, Tanaka Drops F-Bombs, Baca Unlikely to Testify

May 15, 2014
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Thursday is Day Three of the obstruction of justice trial of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy...

Death Penalty • School to Prison Pipeline • Solitary • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Suspending & Expelling Preschoolers, SF District Attorney Says to End Capital Punishment, AG Eric Holder Says Juvenile Facilities Overuse Solitary Confinement

May 15, 2014
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SUSPENDING AND EXPELLING THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS…IN CALIFORNIA AND NATIONWIDE Back in March...

LASD • Reentry • Rehabilitation • Wolves

LASD Deputy James Sexton Trial: Day One, Cities Reconsidering Banning Ex-Inmates from Public Housing, Oregon Reduces Recidivism with Parent Training, and Wolves

May 14, 2014
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DAY ONE OF THE FIRST “OPERATION PANDORA’S BOX” TRIAL Trial began Tuesday for L.A...

FBI • LASD • Pandora's Box • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca • U.S. Attorney

First Pandora’s Box Trial Begins: The Big Q: Who Called the Shots?

May 13, 2014
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On Tuesday morning, the trial for Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy James Sexton will begin. ...

Board of Supervisors • District Attorney • FBI • Juvenile Justice • LASD • Probation

LA’s Use of “Split Sentencing” Gets Worse (Can DA Jackie Lacey Help?)…..When CA Kids are “Double Charged” ….Pilot of Drug Smuggling Boat Sentenced for Coast Guard Murder

May 13, 2014
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TUESDAY’S AB 109 REPORT SHOWS LA’S USE OF SPLIT SENTENCING GETTING WORSE, NOT BETTER At...

District Attorney • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • Reentry • Rehabilitation • Youth at Risk

Los Angeles DA Speaks Out Against Over-Incarceration, NYC Theater Troupe Hires Troubled Teens to Write & Perform…and Mother’s Day

May 12, 2014
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY JACKIE LACEY SAYS LA NEEDS TO BE DOING MORE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL Last...

International Issues • International Politics • LA City Government • LA County Board of Supervisors • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • Women's Issues

LA’s New Program to Tackle Recidivism, Funding the New Jail Plan, KPPC Interviews Todd Rogers, and R.I.P. Farley Mowat

May 9, 2014
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AG KAMALA HARRIS ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE NEW LOS ANGELES PROGRAM TO LOWER RECIDIVISM On Thursday...

ACLU • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Realignment • Sentencing

LA Times’ Steve Lopez on the Jail Plan….Former Inmate Sues LASD for Alleged Abuse….Unusual Measure Would Drop Some Felonies to Misdemeanors….and California Judge Restores Voting Rights to Realignment Probationers

May 8, 2014
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MORE ON THE LOS ANGELES SUPERVISORS’ DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A $2 BILLION JAIL...

2014 Election • ACLU • Jail • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County

3 Supes Pass $2 Billion Jail Plan Despite Objections & D.A. Jackie Lacey Works on a Project for Change

May 7, 2014
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In a three to two vote, members of the LA County Board of Supervisors decided to move ahead with a...

CDCR • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • LWOP Kids • Mental Illness

Other Los Angeles Jail Plan-Related Stories, an Inmate Suicide at Twin Towers, More Discretionary Power for California Judges Sentencing Teens, and Arts Return to State Prisons

May 6, 2014
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MORE ON THE VANIR LOS ANGELES JAIL PROPOSAL, LA’S HANDLING OF MENTALLY ILL INMATES (AND AN...

2014 Election • Jail • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD

3 Reasons Why the Board of Supervisors Must Say No to the New Jail Plans

May 5, 2014
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The latest version of the proposal to build at least two new county jails at a cost of up to $2.3...

DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Prison Policy • Sentencing • War on Drugs

Causes and Collateral Damage of Mass Incarceration, Fewer Kids Dying from Abuse in LA County…and More

May 2, 2014
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NEW NATIONAL REPORT ON THE U.S. INCARCERATION CRISIS: THE FISCAL, FAMILIAL, AND SOCIETAL COST, AND...

Foster Care • Prison Policy • Realignment • Rehabilitation • Sentencing

Is America’s Outsized Prison Population Built on a Famous Research Lie?….& More

May 1, 2014
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AMERICA’S EXPLODING PRISONS & THE GHOST OF OF ROBERT MARTINSON NY Times economic...

2014 Election • LASD • Los Angeles Times • Paul Tanaka

Sheriff’s Candidates Trade Barbs Over Deputy Cliques….& The LA Times Endorses McDonnell

April 30, 2014
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NOTE: On Wednesday, the LA Times endorsed Jim McDonnell for LA County Sheriff.. You’ll find...

2014 Election • LASD

Report on Monday Night’s Sheriff Candidate’s Debate Coming

April 29, 2014
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Monday night’s debate between five of the seven candidates for LA County Sheriff was an...

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