On Tuesday, July 12, the LA County Board of Supervisors will prepare to decide who will supervise...
Much Chatter Follows Resignation of Jeff Carr, Villaraigosa’s Chief of Staff
When Antonio Villaraigosa’s Chief of Staff, Jeff Carr, resigned unexpectedly on Wednesday...
LAPD IG Nicole Bershon Leaving For LA County Superior Court Job, Plus School Cheating Stories….& More
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Blaming the Rape Victim, Changing 3-Strikes, Prison Theater…. & Hemingway
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Happy 4th of July!
This first video features a list of artists, so hang in and enjoy. The other two speak—and...
Hunger Strike Over Conditions Begins July 1 at Pelican Bay Prison SHU
Approximately 100 prisoners in the Secure Housing Unit—the SHU-–of Pelican Bay Prison...
A Noose & Racial Bullying In a Santa Monica High Locker Room
Here is what we know of the story: A sophomore on the Santa Monica High School wrestling team says...
Heroic Officers, University Tuition Hikes, & Springsteen’s Eulogy for Clarence
TWO OFFICERS RESCUE WOMAN LOCKED IN A BURNING CAR ON MONDAY This is from the LAPPL Blog: LAPD...
The Inalienable Right to Call School Officials “Douchebags” & Other Must Reads
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A Sobering Tale of Innocence, of Jailhouse Violence & Other Must Reads
IS LOUIS GONZALEZ III A CALCULATING MONSTER IN A BANKERS’ SUIT—OR AN INNOCENT MAN SET...
Monday SCOTUS Codifies the Old Saw “Money Talks.” Literally..
The same group of five Supreme Court justices that gave us Citizens United have used the First...
LA Press Club Awards: WitnessLA Wins 1 (& Places in 2 More)
The 53rd Annual LA Press Club Awards were held on Sunday night at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel...
Warden for Notorious Angola Prison Argues for Release of the Elderly and Ill
This week Louisiana passed a new bill that will allow some of the state’s elderly prisoners ...
True Crime Saga: The Whitey Bulger Arrest
NINJA REPORTERS Congrats to Andrew Blankstein and Robert Lopez for their very cool scoop breaking...
Federal Judge Calls War on Drugs A Failure
A FOURTH CIRCUIT JUDGE GETS FED UP On June 19, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a...
Flogging for Flogging, Deporting Dreamers, & More Justice-Related Must Reads
IN DEFENSE OF FLOGGING Suddenly everyone has taken notice of Peter Moskos new book, “In...
The $1 Bank Robber: A Health Care Story
North Carolina man, James Verone, 59, had always been a low-key working man and had never before...
The Supremes, Wal-Mart & Class Action Suits….And the Cost of the Death Penality
THE SUPREMES THREW OUT THE GIANT CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST WAL-MART, & THE NY TIMES & THE...