The California senate will likely vote this week on SB 9. which would give kids who were sentenced...
Why Is Crime Declining While Unemployment Remains High?
JAMES Q WILSON CONTEMPLATES THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE DROPPING CRIME RATES AND ELEVATED...
Dear California, Chill. The Scary Criminals R NOT Coming to Get You
A week after the US Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Plata in which SCOTUS affirmed that the 3...
Memorial Day: Thinking About Wounded Warriors
If you want to do something concrete today for the American service men and women, I recommend a...
Was a Visitor to LA County Jail Viciously Beaten by Guards?
This week’s LA Weekly’ cover story about LA County’s Men’s Central Jail...
Supreme Court Says AZ Can Punish Companies Who Employ Illegal Workers
The WaPo has the story: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Arizona may revoke the business...
Thursday Must Reads
COMPUTER ERRORS MAY HAVE DESIGNATED POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PAROLEES FOR NON-REVOCABLE PAROLE, SAYS...
WitnessLA is a Finalist for 4 LA Press Club Awards! Wooo-Hooo!
WitnessLA is a finalist for LA Press Club Awards in these four categories: BEST ONLINE...
California Crime Rate Drops, Plus More Views on the Supreme’s Prison Ruling
I saw LAPD Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday when I was having lunch at the Homegirl Cafe. We talked...
FYI: The Supremes’ Ruling IS NOT a Demand for Prisoner Release
On Monday morning the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case known as Brown v. Plata that California...
Supremes Say Calif. has “Serious Constitutional Violations” With Prison Overcrowding
Amazing. It was a 5-4 ruling—as we guessed it likely would be. Anthony Kennedy was the...
UTLA Is Once Again Putting Job Security Ahead of LAUSD’s Kids
On Friday, the Los Angeles teachers union—UTLA—filed papers with the state’s...
The High Cost of a Lousy Education for L.A.’s Lawbreaking Kids – But One Supervisor Points to an Alternative
We spend of lot of taxpayer money on education for local kids who are locked up—either in...
Down With a Cold…Back Friday A.M.
Looking Back at the Coverage of Arnold’s Alleged Serial Groping
Tracy Webber of Pro Publica, formerly a Pulitzer winner from the LA Times, has posted an essay ...
Voices from Solitary: It’s Time to Talk About It
Solitary Watch is a website launched two years ago that is dedicated to bringing the topic of...
Full 9th Circuit Shows Winklevoss Brothers to the Door
The Winklevoss twins lose yet one more round. The mean, mean, mean justices of the full ninth...
3 Monday Must Reads – Reforming Prisons, Interrogating Librarians and More
WHY PRISON REFORM MAY FINALLY OCCUR: IT’S THE MONEY, STUPID “In this economic climate...