ONE SIMPLE FIX FOR LA’S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IMMEDIATELY SEZ BLUE...
WitnessLA is Going Dark During the Holidays… (Mostly)
WLA will be (mostly) dark during Christmas week and New Year’s week. By...
Don’t Close Child Dependency Court…Lee Baca’s Approval Rating… Baca Uses the “B” Word: Bitter…..”Circle It!” Don’t Suspend Say TX Students….Graduation & Crime & Money
PLEASE DON’T CLOSE CHILD DEPENDENCY COURT. JUST DON’T DO IT! On Wednesday there was a...
LA Sheriff’s Department Had Special Hiring Program for Pals……Citizen Previn, LA County’s WatchDog…The Dangers of LA’s Private Foster Care System…Mississippi Contemplates Serious Sentencing Reform…
THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT’S SPECIAL FAVORS HIRING SCHEME The LA Times’...
Former Boston Prosecutor Gets Self Arrested in NY to Examine System…..Sheriff Admits to 80 Bad Hires, Talks Reform….LA County Plans to Lobby CA for Realignment $$$.
FORMER BOSTON PROSECUTOR GETS SELF ARRESTED TO LOOK INSIDE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, DOESN’T LIKE...
LASD Obstruction of Justice Defendants Go to Court…One Whistleblower Among Those Indicted
7 PLEAD NOT GUILTY By Monday afternoon, all seven Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department members...
An “Epidemic” of Brady Violations…ATF Agents Behaving Badly…. Fed Judges Now Add Solitary to CA Prison Talks
CHIEF JUDGE KOZINSKI FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT SEZ THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT The...
SHERIFF’S ELECTIONS WATCH: More Commentary on the Fed Indictments and What They Portend
The unsealing of 18 federal indictments against working and retired members of the Los Angeles...
Press May Lose Access to LA Dependency Courts, Pregnancy and Parenthood in CA Prisons, Tanaka on Concealed-Carry Permits, the LASD “Asshole Culture,” and More
APPEALS COURT (TENTATIVELY) SAYS JUDGE HAD NO RIGHT TO GRANT MEDIA ACCESS TO DEPENDENCY...
Black Kids 8% of SF Students and 50% of “Defiance” Suspensions…LA Supervisors on LASD Indictments…and Gov. Brown Gets More Time to Drop Prison Pop
SF SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVES TOWARD ELIMINATING SUSPENSIONS FOR “WILLFUL DEFIANCE” AFTER...
SHERIFF’S ELECTION WATCH: Candidates Comment Re: Fed Indictments…..and on Which Way LA? Ridley-Thomas Talks About Changing the State Charter to Appoint Not Elect LA Sheriffs
CHALLENGERS FOR SHERIFF BACA’S JOB SPEAK OUT After federal indictments were unsealed Monday...
$5.9M LAPD Ticket Quota Settlement…Fed. Judge Orders Improved Care for CA’s Mentally Ill on Death Row…LA Social Worker Strike Ends…and More
LAPD TRAFFIC TICKET QUOTA LAWSUIT SETTLED FOR ALMOST $6M On Tuesday, the LA City Council approved...
Federal Indictments, Part 2: Where—and To Whom—-Will They Lead?
On the day after United States Attorney Andre Birotte unveiled five criminal cases that have thus...
FEDS HAND DOWN 18 CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, WORKING & RETIRED
INDICTMENTS DEMONSTRATE: “INSTITUTIONALIZED BEHAVIOR” AND DEPUTIES WHO THOUGHT THEY...
LA County DCFS Workers Strike, a Close Look at Juvenile Public Defense, the Challenge of Healing Traumatized Kids…and Interrogation Techniques Redux
(NOTE: Today’s posting is a joint project by Walker Taylor & Celeste Fremon) LOS...
Truth & Consequence: The Inmate, The Beating, and the Deputies Who Lied About It – by Matthew Fleischer
After a flood of negative media, a string of high ticket lawsuits, and an aggressively widening FBI...
Report Says Stop Locking Kids Up for “Status” Offenses….Bratton Named NYPD Commissioner…Why Defendants Accept Plea Bargains….& More
NEW REPORT SAYS THAT LOCKING KIDS UP FOR “STATUS” OFFENSES DOES NOT HELP, BUT DOES...
Nelson Mandela: July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013
….During my lifetime I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have...