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Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
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Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
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The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
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Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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Courts • Crime and Punishment • Gangs • Juvenile Justice

Gangs and the Terrible Politics of Snitching

July 30, 2007
24 Comments

Agustine Lizama and his long-time girlfriend On Sunday, the New York Times ran an interesting and...

Crime and Punishment • Prison • Prison Policy • State Government

NOT AGAIN! The Governator Vetoes the Prison Sunshine Bill

July 27, 2007
9 Comments

Corcoran State Prison Honestly, there is no excuse for this action. None. Zero. Zip. Late...

Life and Life Only • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media

Kevin Roderick on Blogging Theresa Duncan

July 27, 2007
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Jeremy and Theresa photo by Bret of Yo Venice News of the sorrow-producing deaths of blogger...

National Politics • Supreme Court

The Supremes….and Buyers’ Remorse

July 27, 2007
25 Comments

Someone might have done well to have reminded Arlen Specter a year or two ago that certain items...

Crime and Punishment • LAPD • Police

New LAPD Union Head

July 26, 2007
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Baker….and new guy, Sands The word just went out mid day on Thursday that Bob Baker, the...

City Government • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Government • National Politics • Prison • Prison Policy • Public Health • State Government

The Return of Alan M, the Hinchey Amendment, a Ploy to Cripple Charter Schools, and other Thursday News

July 26, 2007
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Furious local constituent expresses self 1. THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS about our treasured pal...

Education • Supreme Court

The Supremes, Schools and Consequences

July 26, 2007
4 Comments

It still remains to be seen what the fallout will be from the twin Supreme Court decisions known...

Medical Marijuana • State Government • War on Drugs

Feds launch Dispensary Raids Just After LA City Council Passes Preliminary Med Pot Vote – UPDATED

July 25, 2007
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This morning, City Councilman and former cop, Dennis Zine held a press conference prior to...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Health Care • Prison • Prison Policy

Will Judges Finally Put a Lid on California Prisons?

July 25, 2007
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Folsom Prison Federal Judges Thelton E. Henderson and Lawrence K. Karlton have absolutely HAD IT...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

Green Dot – the East Coast Take

July 24, 2007
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Graduate and family from Green Dot’s Animo Inglewood High School, where 80 percent of the...

Crime and Punishment • Prison • Prison Policy • State Government

Prison Town USA – UPDATED

July 24, 2007
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“In the 1990s, at the height of the prison-building boom, a prison opened in rural America...

Crime and Punishment • National Politics • State Government • War on Drugs

The DEA versus Los Angeles: The Politics of Medical Marijuana

July 22, 2007
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A medical marijuana collective on Ventura Blvd. still stays open In 1996, Proposition 215, the...

Life and Life Only • Literature & Justice • Los Angeles Writers

Theresa Duncan was 40….A Talent Removed

July 22, 2007
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Much is being written about the suicide of multi-talented Venice filmmaker, writer, and blogger...

Courts • Immigration & Justice • Juvenile Justice • LASD

Genarlow Wilson Update….and Other Social Justice News

July 22, 2007
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IN THE ONGOING GENARLOW WILSON CASE, the Georgia Supremes heard argument for and against...

Crime and Punishment • Government • Immigration & Justice • National Politics

Border Justice? How ‘Bout Justice…Period???

July 19, 2007
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Shadow Wolf customs agents with drugs seized at another US border In case you haven’t heard...

Los Angeles Times

IX-NAY on the eckham-Bays – Plumbing the Depths of Shallowness

July 19, 2007
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Okay, this is obviously not a social issue, per se, but when the LA Times does a brief 235-word...

Crime and Punishment • Gangs • Government • LA County Jail • LAPD • Police

How NOT to Solve the Gang Problem

July 19, 2007
17 Comments

photo by Joseph Rodriguez Yesterday the Washington D.C. based think tank, the Justice Policy...

Crime and Punishment • Government • Health Care • Los Angeles Times • Media • Prison • Prison Policy • Public Health • State Government

Sex, Prisons, Arnold and Unmitigated Stupidity

July 18, 2007
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I have something to tell you that may come as a shock. Are you all sitting down? Okay, here it...

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