Judge Alex Kozinski, the chief judge for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is mighty pissed...
Short Takes: Jails, the 2nd Amendment…and the National Enquirer
JUDGE DENIES DEPUTY UNION REQUEST TO STOP RELEASES FROM OC JAIL Okay, Superior Court Judge Steven...
An LA Reporter’s War Stories
My good pal, Marc Cooper, has had the excellent idea of weaving the war stories of his younger...
Poisonous Legacy: The Gitmo Suicides & the Uighurs
Barack Obama pledged to close Guantanamo within a year of his inauguration. But Gitmo is still...
The Tomato Rules!
It’s impossible not to delight in someone who is just so fantastically good. ...
LA County Names Donald Blevins New Probation Chief and…Nobody Cares
The LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Donald H. Blevins as the new head of County...
Posting Later this morning.
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Federal Judge Rules Facebook Rant is Free Speech
I’m still doing light posting, but here’s a story from the Miami Herald that merits...
Shirtless Dancing Guy Theory of Leadership
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> From Derek Siver’s TED talk last week. It speaks...
The Shadow World of C.I.s – Confidential Informants
For the next two days, I’ll be in the midst of a series of meetings and the like that will...
Happy Valentine’s Day
Love. I wish you lots of it. (With a large side-order of compassion.) AND SPEAKING OF...
The Writer – by Dennis Danziger
High school teacher and author, Dennis Danziger, if you’ll remember, is the person who...
Alex Sanchez: Finally Out on Bail
Just under two months after he was granted bail in his third bail hearing, Alex Sanchez was...
Judge Orders Sac’to County to Halt Jail Inmate Releases – UPDATED
This just came out in the Sacramento Bee. Am headed off to teach shortly so my commentary will...
Texas Reforms Criminal Justice Policies—and Gets Results (Duh!)
The state of Texas may be one of the toughest when it comes to capital punishment, but it been...
Should Children Be Tried for War Crimes?
Omar Khadr is the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was 15 when he allegedly threw a...
Social Justice Roundup
WOMEN PRISONERS AT CHOWCHILLA AIM TO HELP VICTIMS The best research (and my own anecdotal...
LA’s Foster Kids v. DCFS v. LA Times Reporting
Okay, first the LA Times ran an article last Friday titled, “L.A. County will no longer...