In 2006, a Hannibal MO high school student, unhappy about being rejected by a girlfriend, sent an...
Eric Holder Invokes State Secrets Act in FBI/SoCal Mosques Spying Lawsuit
In a filing late Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder argued that national security would be...
Videos During and After Beating Will Be Key Evidence In Kelly Thomas Case
Yes, well….of course the videos will be key evidence in the horrific Kelly Thomas beating...
LA Times Baghdad Bureau Manager Salar Jaff Laid Off – UPDATED
“He has literally saved lives,” a former Baghdad colleague of Salar Jaff’s told...
Jerry Brown Signs Important New Law Restricting Use of Jailhouse Snitches
The use of jailhouse snitches has been a notorious sources of wrongful convictions. On Monday...
Anger Grows in the OC Over Kelly Thomas Beating Death by Fullerton Cops
In early July, Kelly Thomas, a 37-year-old, unarmed homeless and mentally ill Fullerton man was...
Board of Sups Refuses to Fork Over DCFS Child Death Records to Investigators
NOTE TO SUPERVISORS: This just doesn’t look good: Here’s the deal: It seems that...
3 Legal Must Reads: New CA Supreme Justice Goodwin Liu…Asylum…and Prisons
A trio of legal and justice stories that you shouldn’t miss: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JERRY...
Thurs. am: Cold Ridden….Will Do Catch Up on Monday
UPDATE: I’m laying low for the rest of Friday the weekend. I’ll do a round up on...
Dear LA Times: WTF? Tim Rutten?
I missed this news although LA Observed had it on Wednesday afternoon. Amid a group of new layoffs...
Thursday Must Reads
SYSTEM OVERLOAD: THE SORRY STATE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE Wednesday the Justice Police Institute released...
Policy Trumps Politics as LA County Sups Give Probation the Nod for Parolees
At Tuesday’s meeting, the LA County Supervisors wisely put aside personal feelings and...
Probation, LASD, Those Parolees and the Board of Supervisors Vote (Maybe)
Today, Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors will face round four-hundred and thirty-seven...
On Which Way LA? Monday Re: the Bryan Stow Beating Case
I’m on Which Way LA? Monday night on KCRW 89.9 as one of the people talking about the first...
Catching Up With the Solitary Confinement Hunger Strikers
The hunger strike that began on July 1 at the Pelican Bay SHU eventually spread to somewhere...
Amy Winehouse – Back in Black: 1983 – 2011
I hoped—as did many—that she would make it, that her super-sized talent would somehow...
Can Probation Chief Blevins Survive the Unions’ No Confidence Vote?
On Thursday, the four primary unions that represent all those (save management) who work in the LA...
The Sheriff Backs Off LASD’s Parolee Proposal
Tuesday’s Board Of Supervisor’s meeting involved much drama, lots of side players, gobs...