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

August 7, 2025
#Justice

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
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Parole Policy • Prison Policy

Stopping the Spinning Doors

October 9, 2007
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Every single year, 120,000 inmates —give or take—are released from California’s...

Free Speech • Freedom of Information

Peace Out, Man! …..Except If You’re Desmond Tutu

October 8, 2007
24 Comments

For four straight years, the well-regarded Justice and Peace Studies program at Saint Thomas...

American Artists • Arts

“Silence is Unpatriotic”

October 8, 2007
10 Comments

If you didn’t see Bruce Springsteen on Sunday’s 60 Minutes…..Well, I’m just...

Criminal Justice • Government • Guantanamo • Life and Life Only • National Politics • Prison Policy • Race • Religion

Been Taking the Weekend Off….

October 7, 2007
6 Comments

(NOTE: Above graphic shamelessly heisted from Ross Blog at NBC.com) I’ve been in a...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • National Politics • Prison • Prison Policy

AMERICA the Jailor

October 5, 2007
20 Comments

The United States is incarcerating people at a rate never seen before in our history. The U.S. has...

Criminal Justice • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

The County Cops’ Creepy Collaring Contest Caper

October 4, 2007
24 Comments

And….this week’s silver medal for Olympic class bad judgment by a public servant or...

Civil Liberties • Death Penalty • Supreme Court

Death and the 20-Minute Factor

October 4, 2007
8 Comments

Last Tuesday the Supreme Court agreed to hear Baze v. Reese a case that challenges the...

Gangs • Life and Life Only • Los Angeles History

A New Dose of Hope on Alameda Street – UPDATED

October 3, 2007
20 Comments

Yesterday at noon, the new Homeboy Industries building officially opened its doors. Hundreds of...

Criminal Justice • Education • Gangs • Race

Beating the Drums for a (Non-existant) Race War

October 2, 2007
12 Comments

I’m finishing up a deadline and away from the computer for most of the day. In the meantime...

Gangs • Life and Life Only

The Homeboy Bakery….. Rising from Hope and Ashes

October 1, 2007
22 Comments

In the late 90’s, the Homeboy Bakery was something of a miracle. It was part of the Homeboy...

National Issues • National Politics • War

Attacking Iran

October 1, 2007
8 Comments

I’d been hearing for a month now that Sy Hersh had a major piece coming out in the New Yorker...

Life and Life Only • Literature & Justice • Social Justice

Sunday Pleasures and Must Reads – UPDATED

September 30, 2007
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THINGS TO DO, READ, LISTEN TO, CONTEMPLATE….ON A SUNNY LATE SEPTEMBER SUNDAY (AND MONDAY) ...

Life and Life Only

Light Posting….

September 29, 2007
6 Comments

This weekend there will be light posting only as I’m running off to be on some kind of new...

Gangs • LAPD

Charlie Beck’s Enlightened Gang War

September 28, 2007
21 Comments

Los Angeles has had a big drop in murders this year. LAPD Chief Bill Bratton says that if the ...

Civil Rights • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Death Penalty • Immigration & Justice • Supreme Court

FRIDAY’S ISSUE WATCH

September 28, 2007
8 Comments

Here’s a passel of updates while I work on work on another deadline. Included is the latest...

Civil Liberties • Freedom of Information • Prison • Prison Policy

The Great Prison Book Purge – UPDATED

September 27, 2007
32 Comments

Earlier this month it came to light that, since June of this year, US Federal prison authorities...

Gangs • Life and Life Only

LA Homeboys – Then & Now

September 26, 2007
31 Comments

Last night I was going through scores of old snapshots for possible use in a new edition of my gang...

Prison Policy • State Government • Unions

The Governator Vs. the Union

September 25, 2007
9 Comments

In the running of California’s prisons, one would assume that the warden is pretty much the...

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