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...
LAPD Running Low on Quality Applicants, Baca Discusses Hiring Fiasco, Compassionate Release, and Sentencing Discretion
FEWER QUALIFIED LAPD JOB-SEEKERS LEAVES DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAFFED Over the last few months, the LAPD...
Sheriff to Report to Supes on Hiring Practices, School Districts Across the US Nix Zero-Tolerance…and More
LA SUPERVISORS WANT EXPLANATION FROM SHERIFF BACA ON RECENTLY REVEALED CONTROVERSIAL HIRING...
More on the LASD Hiring Story, False Confessions via the “Reid Technique,” and LAUSD’s Vanishing Libraries
LA SUPERVISOR YAROSLAVSKY SAYS NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL SHOULD EXAMINE LASD HIRING On Monday, we...
WHO SHOULD BE A COP? LAT’s Disturbing Window into the Hiring Practices of the LA County Sheriff’s Department…and More
On Sunday, the LA Times published an exceptionally well-reported—and disturbing—look...
Happy (Slightly Belated) Thanksgiving
We hope your day was filled with warmth, love and friendship. We are grateful for your company. ...
Corruption Fighter from the DA’s Office Will be New Inspector General for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has selected Deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman as...