On Tuesday, Undersheriff Paul Tanaka sent out a department-wide memo having to do with what he...
Boy Scouts Ban Gays, New Immigration Bill…and More
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA REAFFIRMS BAN ON GAYS The Boy Scouts of America reconfirmed their policy...
Edie & Thea v. DOMA…SF Does Smart Realignment…and More LAPD/Chalk Walk News
EDIE AND THEA V. THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT Edie Windsor, who is now 83, was with the same...
Life-Skills Programs Combat Juvie Crime, Baca’s Legal Issues, and “Breaking Bad”
LIFE-SKILLS PROGRAMS GREATLY REDUCE JUVIE ARREST RATES Enrolling disadvantaged teens in life-skills...
Happy (Day After) Birthday, Woody
Woody Guthrie would have been 100 years old on July 14.
New Felon Disenfranchisement Report, SD Drops Reentry Program That Cuts Recidivism, and States to Execute Mentally Disabled
REPORT SAYS FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT 5 TIMES GREATER THAN IN 1976 The Sentencing Project released...
Protesters Greet Ringling Bros. In LA, FBI’s Largest Review of Forensic Evidence, and…Bears
RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN, BUT NOT WITHOUT MUCH PROTEST FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS With...
ACLU Lawsuit Says DA’s & LASD’s Evidence Policy May Have Damaged Thousands of Cases
On Tuesday, the ACLU of Southern California, along with a criminal defense law firm and two law...
TESTIMONY ABOUT TACITLY SANCTIONED INMATE ABUSE – by Matt Fleischer
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PAUL TANAKA’S HAND-PICKED MAN INSIDE MEN’S CENTRAL JAIL by...
Jail Commission Posts Delayed a Day
Hi, everyone, I’m under the weather, so Matt and I are holding off posting any Jail...
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Death Row, CA’s “Anti-Arizona Law”…and More
SHOULD DEFENDANTS WITH FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME BE SAFE FROM DEATH PENALTY? Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is...
A Day of F-Bombs, Revelations…Plus Procedural Reports and Future Plans at the Jails Commission
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A ONLY BROAD STROKES PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS. A full set of reports...
Much Potential for Dramatic Testimony at Friday’s Jail Commission Meeting – UPDATE
UPDATE; TONIGHT’S PROMISED QUICKIE REPORT WILL APPEAR TOMORROW (SATURDAY) I’ll have...
Fourteen-year-old Murdered While Watching Fireworks, LAPD Didn’t Misappropriate Funds from LAX…and More
LA TEEN FATALLY SHOT DURING 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES Fourteen-year-old Unique Russell was gunned...
1 Big Fireworks Fail, 2 Different Views of LWOP & NOLA’s Struggle With Crime
As may have already seen, for some incomprehensible reason, all the fireworks at the Port of San...
Happy Independence Day!
“And crown thy good with brotherhood….” Have a great 4th! PS: And because—whether...
Will Steve Cooley Support November’s 3-Strikes Reform? by Matt Fleischer
STEVE COOLEY AND THE MATTER OF REFORMING 3-STRIKES By Matthew Fleischer No California public...
Mean Girl Social Workers Rebuked for Retaliatory Behavior in Foster Care Case
Naysayers have repeatedly asked why Michael Nash, the presiding judge of Los Angeles County’s...