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SCOTUS, Justice Kennedy & President Trump’s “Animus” Problem
The Justice and the Word President Donald Trump and a great many news pundits seem to view the U.S...
Bills, Bills, Bills Flying Out of Fiscal Committees and Onto House Floors
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Supes Approve $3.3 Million Settlement to Family of Man Killed by Deputies
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WitnessLA a Finalist for SoCal Journalism Awards—& Also a Plot Point on Bosch!
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LA County Puts Thousands of Kids on “Voluntary” Probation for Merely Struggling With School
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How LA County Began to Face Its Big, Tragic Problem With Sex-Trafficked Kids
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Gregg Allman, Blues-Haunted Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69
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A Flurry of Activity in the Appropriations Committees, Plus Bill Updates
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Civilian Commission Votes to Urge Sheriff to Increase Public Data
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Criminalizing California’s Foster Kids
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Lawsuit Says Former LA Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Pushed DA To Falsely Charge Deputies
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Contradicting Stories from Beleaguered OC District Attorney and Jailhouse Informant on “60 Minutes”
On Monday, Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer called on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to...
Witness Against Former Sheriff Lee Baca Gets 9-Month Sentence
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Now It’s Prosecutors Who Push Back Hard Against AG Sessions’ “Tough on Crime” Directive
Prosecutorial Objections A week after the release of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’...
How Much Harm Will AG Sessions’ Lock ‘Em Up Memo Do To Sentencing Reform?
Sessions Wants More People in Prison On Friday, May 12, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a...
States Still Failing to Protect Kids’ Rights to Counsel 50 Years After Gault
It has been 50 years since the 1967 US Supreme Court ruling in In re Gault established that youth...
CA Officials Don’t Hold Agencies Responsible When Officers Misuse Police Databases
California’s law enforcement agencies hit record numbers of instances of misusing the...