CA PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE REACHES THIRD DAY The number of California prisoners refusing meals in...
Prisoner Hunger Strike Continues, Roundtable Discussion on Solitary Confinement…and More
SECOND DAY OF CA PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE Tuesday was the second day of the prisoner hunger strike to...
The Mysteriously Expanding Jail Construction Plan—$1.5 Billion and Counting
Alright, so when we last discussed the topic of jail building back in March of this year, LA County...
Prisoner Hunger Strike Begins, CA Prisons Sterilized Women without State Approval…and More
THE CA PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE COMMENCES Monday was the first day of a 30,000 CA prisoner hunger...
The Frightened Kid Who Writes Poetry & the Shooter….New CA Prison Hunger Strike Begins …& Crime As a Political Football
A few years ago, a veteran homicide detective from the Los Angeles Police Department talked to me...
Happy Independence Day!
The Boss at Fenway Park on August 15, 2012, singing with with Ken Casey of the glorious American...
Incarcerated Boys Sexually Abused by Female Officers, LA Police Commission Calls Out LAPD on Audit Findings…and More
WIDESPREAD ABUSE BY FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS OF MALE TEENS IN CUSTODY A recent Department of...
DOJ Says LASD Routinely Violated Civil Rights in Lancaster & Palmdale, Now Wants County to Pay Residents $12.5 Million…So Where Was Department Leadership?
It seems like we’ve seen this movie before: Sheriff Lee Baca, once again, ”...
HBO Documentary on Public Defenders, the Case for Split Sentencing, and Juvie LWOP
“GIDEON’S ARMY”—THE PLIGHT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER On Monday, HBO aired a...
DEVASTATING: 19 Firefighters Killed Sunday Night in AZ Wildfire…and Other News
As many of you may have heard by now, 19 firefighters were killed Sunday night battling an...
LAPD Chief Beck’s Alesia Thomas Report, USC Six Will Not Be Charged, and Foster Care Letters
CHIEF BECK: OFFICER MISCONDUCT IN ALESIA THOMAS ARREST LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, in a report to the...
Thinking of Nelson Mandela
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, is currently critically ill in a hospital in...
LA Times Tells Supes: Slow Down Already With DCFS Blue Ribbon Commission Selection. WLA Agrees
In a thoughtful editorial in Thursday’s paper, the LA Times editorial board urged the County...
AG Kamala Harris Acts Fast & Asks 9th Circuit to Lift Stay on Gay Marriage
Immediately following the release of the Supreme Court ruling on Prop. 8, court watchers...
The Amazing Wendy Davis & the Texas Fillibuster
On Tuesday, many eyes were trained on the Supreme Court, grieving the savaging of a crucial section...
DOMA Unconstitutional! ….Prop. 8 Dismissed for Lack of Standing……Also The Supremes on Voting Rights…..A Young Father’s Parental Rights.
The New Yorker has a photo of Edie Windsor learning of the decision. MAIN PART OF DOMA IS STRUCK...
Blue Ribbon Commission for Child Protection Approved By LA County Supes
On Tuesday afternoon, the LA County Supervisors voted—three to two—to create a Blue...
Gov. Brown’s New Closed-door Meetings Law, Judge Nash on Broken Foster Care System, and SCOTUS on Affirmative Action
BROWN AMENDS BROWN ACT Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill (AB 246) into law on Monday that will put...