Today, Friday, KQED together with the Center for Investigative Reporting wraps up their excellent...
The LAPD Union Reads WLA & Changes its Tune on SB9—At Least a Little
No. The LAPPL leadership isn’t suddenly clasping SB 9—the Juvie LWOP reform...
Al Jazeera Reports on THE “School to Prison Pipeline,” & KQED Continues Its Realignment Series
THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE—DOES IT EXIST? AND, IF SO, WHAT CAN BE DONE IT ABOUT IT? I...
LAPD Union Uses False Claims to Urge Brown Not to Sign the Juvie LWOP Bill
On Tuesday evening the LAPPL—the LAPD’s Union—sent around a falsehood-ridden...
Skateboarding Youth Victim of Alleged LAPD Brutality, Mental Health and Realignment, and a Bill to Ban Hunting Bears and Bobcats with Hounds
LA Gets a New Education Blog! It’s About $%@#%& Time!… KQED Does Realignment…& Juvie LWOP Bill Goes to Brown’s Desk….and More
LA HAS A NEW, MUCH NEEDED EDUCATION BLOG There are few things of more consequence in this city and...
LA Juvenile Probation Camp to Drop Well-known Sports Program, CA Supreme Court Rules Against Overlong Juvie Sentences, and More
EDITOR’S NOTE: For decades, LA County’s juvenile probation camp system has...
Juvie LWOP Bill Passes CA Assembly(!!!), SD Jails Ban Letters to Inmates, CA Realignment Update, and Wolves
SANITY PREVAILS! JUVENILE LIFE-WITHOUT-PAROLE BILL SB 9 PASSES CA STATE ASSEMBLY EDITOR’S...
SFPD Misreporting Minority Arrests, Former LA County DA Now Against Death Penalty…and More
FORMER LA COUNTY DA EXPLAINS WHY THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED Former Los Angeles District...
Unexplored CA Prison Overcrowding Remedies, Potential LA Jails Inmate Shift, Appeals Court Approves Warrantless Cell Tracking…and More
CA PRISON OVERCROWDING PROBLEM AND UNTESTED POTENTIAL REMEDIES Due to California’s slow...
DOJ Opposes CA Bar Admission for Undocumented Law Graduate, The Difference in Coverage of 2 American Tragedies….and Title IX in London
There is a pile of Amicus Briefs filed in support of admission to the California state bar for...
Mississippi’s “School to Prison Pipeline,” Judges Tell CA “Drop Inmate #’s or Else!”…and More
FEDS ACCUSE LAUDERDALE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI OFFICIALS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS AGAINST KIDS WHO...
Cougar-Killing Head of Dept. of Fish and Game Replaced, State Parks Audit Accelerated…and More
HEAD OF DEPT. OF FISH AND GAME LOSES JOB AFTER KILLING COUGAR The Dept. of Fish and Game Commission...
Steinbeck’s Son Joined Effort to Halt Execution of Disabled Man, a New Report on the Last Decade of Juvenile Justice…and More
STEINBECK FAMILY INCENSED BY JUDGE’S REFERENCE TO OF MICE AND MEN DURING EXECUTION...
After a Year of Hearings, CA Lawmakers Issue Alarming Report on Status of Boys & Men of Color
After a year’s worth of packed regional hearings in Oakland, Los Angeles, Fresno and...
U.S. Defense Lawyers Come Down Hard in Favor of Pretrial Release
U.S. DEFENSE LAWYERS COME DOWN HARD IN FAVOR OF PRETRIAL RELEASE The National Association of...
SoCal Adoption Agency Takes Steps for LGBT Kids, NY’s Experimental Juvie Court Alternatives…and More
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOSTER FAMILY AND ADOPTION AGENCY RECRUITS RESOURCE FAMILIES FOR LGBT...
Sheriff’s Official Allegedly Undermined Probe of Deputy Misconduct…and is Still on the Job. Does He Have a Protector?
Sunday’s LA Times story by Robert Faturechi is a doozy. It involves a high level official...