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
Last Thursday and Friday were the final two days for the California Senate and Assembly...
Supes Approve $3.3 Million Settlement to Family of Man Killed by Deputies
LA County to Settle With Family of Man Killed by LASD Deputies During Mental Health Emergency On...
WitnessLA a Finalist for SoCal Journalism Awards—& Also a Plot Point on Bosch!
WitnessLA is a Finalist We were very happy to learn that WitnessLA is a finalist for one of the...
LA County Puts Thousands of Kids on “Voluntary” Probation for Merely Struggling With School
LA County’s Problematic Probation Lite by Sara Kravoy Marbella Munoz was a foster child for most...
How LA County Began to Face Its Big, Tragic Problem With Sex-Trafficked Kids
The Day Michelle Guymon Confronted the Awful Reality of Child Sex Trafficking by Kristy...
Gregg Allman, Blues-Haunted Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69
David Brown, writing for Rolling Stone, got it right in his obit for Gregg Allman: “The...
A Flurry of Activity in the Appropriations Committees, Plus Bill Updates
Friday is the final deadline for the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees to send bills...
Civilian Commission Votes to Urge Sheriff to Increase Public Data
On Thursday, the civilian oversight commission for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
Criminalizing California’s Foster Kids
State and local officials are responding to the excessive arrests of children in California’s...
Lawsuit Says Former LA Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Pushed DA To Falsely Charge Deputies
A Long Held Vendetta On Wednesday, attorney Ron Kaye filed a civil lawsuit in behalf of Los Angeles...
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
Cooperation Versis Obstruction On Monday morning, William “Tom” Carey, 58, a former...
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...
California’s Juvenile Lock-ups: High Costs, High Recidivism
As the number of kids in state lockups has plunged in California, per capita juvenile incarceration...