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Short Takes: Presidential Pardons, 9th Circuit on Grizzlies, & Bratton on Pepper Patrol, The LA Times on Jails Building
GOOD NEWS, OBAMA ISSUES FIRST COMMUTATION OF HIS PRESIDENCY. BAD NEWS: WHAT TOOK HIM SO LONG? AND...
OCCUPY AMAZON: Customer “Reviews” get Peppery and Political
As you will easily discern, the above video documents the troubling and now iconic event that took...
Brandon McInerney, 17, Takes a Deal, Will Get Out When He’s 38
BRANDON MC INERNEY, 17, TAKES A 21-YEAR DEAL FOR THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CLASSMATE LARRY KING As you...
Murder, Dying Inmates, and Acts of Redemption
The LA Times’ Kurt Streeter has written a very affecting 2-part series on prison...
Violence Prevention: Barking With the Choir and Standing With the Despised
Nearly 20 years ago The California Wellness Foundation was one of the first organizations of...
Off to the California Wellness Foundation Conference on Violence Prevention
I’ll be doing a bit of posting from the event, which looks to be excellent this year, but...
Wednesday Short Takes: Medical Parole, Drugs & IQ, and New Crime Theories
ONE OF THE FIRST 24 INMATES RELEASED ON SO-CALLED MEDICAL PAROLE MAY HAVE PAROLE REVOKED DUE TO...
OCCUPY! Zuccotti Park Raided by NYPD, Top Aid to Oakland Mayor Resigns…..and I Talk Occupy on NBC’s The Filter
NYPD CLEARED ZUCCOTTI PARK OF OWS PROTESTERS AND TENTS AROUND 1 AM TUESDAY MORNING…PROTESTERS...
A New Study Shows Why AB 12—Set to Begin Jan 2012— is So Urgently Needed
Last year, California legislature passed AB 12, the bill that gives another three years of aid to...
To All Our Veterans, With Deep, Deep Gratitude
In honor of those who have served—and are serving—in our behalf, a booklist. Not so...
Abusive Spousal Support….Realignment Panic…& the GOP on Criminal Justice
CALIFORNIA WOMAN FORCED TO PAY HER ABUSIVE HUSBAND SPOUSAL SUPPORT? REALLY? What is this judge...
Laurie Winer on Sam Zell and the Dismantling of the LA Times
Former LA Times theater critic, Laurie Winer, has ostensibly written a review of James...
Former Men’s Central Jail Captain Dan Cruz Relieved of Duty
The former commanding officer of Men’s Central Jail, Captain Daniel Cruz, was relieved of...
SCOTUS Takes 2 Juvenile LWOP Case… & OC Boy Gets Life Sentence
SCOTUS WILL HEAR TWO CASES OF JUVENILE LWOP TO DETERMINE IF THEY’RE CRUEL & UNUSUAL The...
Sup. Ridley-Thomas Adds Cecil Murray to Jails Commission as “Moral Force”
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has nominated Reverend Cecil “Chip” Murray, the iconic...
A Report From Occupy London from LA Poet Gail Wronsky
The wonderful poet Gail Wronsky is in London for a semester and has been tracking the Occupy...
The Deborah Peagler Story, ICE & Foster Care…. and More
“CRIME AFTER CRIME” – THE STRUGGLE TO FREE BATTERED WOMAN, DEBORAH PEAGLER The...