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#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
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This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
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9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
Crime and Punishment • Elections • Medical Marijuana • Prison • Prison Policy • Social Justice Shorts

Social Justice Shorts – UPDATED

November 17, 2009
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UPDATE: FROM THE OH, REALLY? SEZ YOU! FILE Once again proving my contention that the world of...

American Voices • Arresting Alex Sanchez • Charlie Beck • Gangs • Medical Marijuana • Must Reads • Prison

Sunday/Monday Picks & Must Reads

November 16, 2009
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THE MATTER OF JUDGE MANUEL L. REAL His reversal rate is estimated to be 10 times the average for...

Public Health • Social Justice Shorts

Social Justice Shorts: 2 Cases of Professional Dodging…& More

November 13, 2009
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USC’S NEON TOMMY REPORTER CALLIE SCHWEITZER CAUSES LA’S PUBLIC HEALTH GUY TO HIDE OUT ...

Crime and Punishment • LAPD

While Police Were Out Front, Murderer Crept Through a Back Window- UPDATED

November 12, 2009
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This report has has been updated, corrected and expanded as I got more information. Sometimes...

Crime and Punishment

When a Sex Offender Moves to Your Neighborhood

November 12, 2009
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Okay, I believe in second chances, (and third chances, and fourth chances) and I also understand...

Crime and Punishment • Economy

CA’s Unemployment at 12 percent, But What If You’re a Felon?

November 11, 2009
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Unemployment in California is at 12.2 percent and expected to go higher when the new figures come...

Life and Life Only • War

Happy Veterans Day…With Gratitude

November 11, 2009
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With respect and gratitude to those who have served our country.….here is an excerpt from ...

Crime and Punishment • Juvenile Justice • Supreme Court

Handicapping SCOTUS and Juvenile LWOP

November 10, 2009
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Monday’s hearings on the two Florida cases, each involving juveniles who received sentences...

Environment • Media

Floating Garbage Nation

November 10, 2009
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One should not miss Lindsey Hoshaw’s gruesomely fascinating article in Tuesday’s NY...

American Voices • Writers and Writing

Jesse Katz and Ressurecting an LA Field of Dreams

November 9, 2009
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Saturday night, my pal Jesse Katz had a book reading at Vroman’s in Pasadena, for his newly...

CDCR • Crime and Punishment

Suing California’s Prisons Over State-Ordered Solitary

November 9, 2009
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Last February I linked to an NPR report by Michael Montgomery about a man named Ernesto Lira, a...

Charlie Beck • LAPD • Supreme Court

Monday Alerts: Charlie Beck & SCOTUS

November 9, 2009
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CHARLIE BECK & THE COUNCIL Monday, Chief of Police designate Charlie Beck will go before the...

Public Health

11:07 p.m eastern: Health Care Reform Has Passed the House

November 7, 2009
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Next step. The Senate.

Bill Bratton • Charlie Beck • LAPD

Bratton, Colbert, Beck and….um…McGruff the Crime Dog

November 6, 2009
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The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Criminal Justice

13 Dead at Fort Hood, 30 Wounded

November 5, 2009
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I’ve put up a live twitter freed about the ongoing Fort Hood story, in the box to the...

Medical Care • Public Health

USC’S Neon Tommy Reporters Tackle the Swine Flu

November 5, 2009
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One of the models being talked about for its importance to journalism’s future is the...

Juvenile Justice • Supreme Court

Did Florida’s LWOP 13-year-old Get a Fair Trial?

November 5, 2009
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Amy Bach, author of Ordinary Justice: How America Holds Court, has a troubling article in Slate...

Antonio Villaraigosa • LAPD

Meet the New Chief-to-Be

November 5, 2009
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa invites you personally (plus all your closest friends and associates) to...

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