Dear LAPD: About those incidents in MacArthur Park. Look. We know that rushing to judgment is a...
Cops & Control Issues
And while we’re on the subject of dehumanization…. [See post below] I’d like to...
You, Me and the Making of Evil
Tuesday’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross featured Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist who was...
Memories of Insurrection
1992 was a terrible and amazing year in Los Angeles. It was the height of the city’s gang...
Take the Deal
In this morning’s NY Times, legal columnist Adam Liptak writes about something that’s...
Habeas Schmabeas – The Fate of the Great Writ
This weekend the NPR radio show, This American Life, replayed an updated version of its 2006...
Be a Teenager, Go to Prison
A couple of attorneys, an urban studies professor and a former Seventeen Magazine editor have...
Back from my hidey-hole (that’s like a spidey-hole only different)
FIRST OF ALL, A MILLION THANKS TO COMMENTERS LIKE WOODY AND RICHARD LOCIRCERO WHO KEPT THE...
Life, Courts, and Blogging..
I’ve just spent the last two days reporting on a story that took me to two different Los...
The Innocence Factor
As commenter, Richard Locicero brought up in the last thread, the notion of execution—lethal...
Lethal Doses of Politics
A new study has just been released by researchers at the University of Miami that provides yet more...
Supremes, Roe and Women, the sequel
A few more interesting takes on the recent Supreme Court decision, Gonzales vs. Carhart, regarding...
Bad Behavior
Anyone who’s been paying attention doesn’t need a 115-page report to tell them that a...
WRONGFUL: Will Arnold Do the Right Thing?
It would be nice to think that wrongful convictions are once-in-a-blue-moon occurrences. But...
The Supremes “Protect” Women? Really?
Back with more later today . …..but in the meantime The New York Times has a very...
Violence and Creative Writing
Yesterday morning, Liam Rector, the director of Bennington College’s MFA Writing program...
Y2…..Antonio
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gave his second annual State of the City address yesterday at East...
Court Swings At Antonio, Slugs Kids Instead
Yesterday, California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal handed down a decision that is likely...