After a more than six-week-long trial, a Sacramento jury has awarded more than $11 million to the...
LA County Probation Is Hoarding $204.3 Million Earmarked for Programs to Help Adults & Kids—& Sup. Ridley-Thomas Is NOT Pleased
It was bad before, and now it’s worse Los Angeles County Probation is hoarding money again...
Crime & Justice Meets Literature at the LA Times Festival of Books
Hard Boiled Mysteries, LA Crime Noir, Social Justice meets Police Procedurals, and Lots of Literary...
Is Deportation of Juvenile Offenders Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
Does Mandatory Lifetime Deportation for Non-Citizen Juvenile Offenders Violate the Eighth Amendment...
California Community Non-Profits Get $1.3 Million to Push for Juvenile Justice Policy Change
Last week, a group of California-based foundations announced a $1.3 million investment in...
In Santa Clara and Other California Counties, Inmates Families Preyed upon by Predatory Bail Schemes
In 2014, a Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office investigation found that for years...
Supes Seek to Increase Protections for Undocumented
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to consider the county’s authority...
LA County Payouts for LASD Misconduct and Other Lawsuits Rise Alarmingly
During the last fiscal year, 2015-2016, Los Angeles County spent $131.8 million on judgment and...
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Why is LA County Probation Spending $400K Yearly on a Youth Diversion Program Serving Zero Kids?
Number of “At Risk” Kids of LA County Served For $397,071? Zero In January of 2015, the...
4th Circuit May Hear Travel Ban Appeal En Banc, While 9th Circuit Will Examine Hawaii Travel Ban Ruling in May
Will the 4th Circuit Go With 15 Judges Instead of 3 When it Reviews Trump’s Travel...
Feds May Back Off of Consent Decrees, Many Departments Remain Committed to Reforms
In a memo made public on Monday, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed the Department of...
DHS Says Undocumented Families Will Not Be Separated at the Border
KELLY BACKS OFF PLAN TO SEPARATE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AT THE BORDER U.S. Secretary of Homeland...
County to Look into Making it Easier to Take Action Against County Employees Who Lie
The LA County Board of Supervisors called for an analysis of whether a portion of the...
DOJ’s Inspector General Concerned by DOJ’s Lack of Oversight of Asset Forfeiture Activities
Over the past 10 years, law enforcement agencies have seized billions of dollars from people who...
Data Shows Arrests Numbers Dropping at the Local and State Levels
In Los Angeles and across the state, law enforcement officers are increasingly making fewer...
Does Race Affect Plea Bargaining? A New Study Says YES
Plea Bargains & Race We know that approximately 95 percent of all criminal convictions are the...
Should the LA County Sheriff’s Department Be Able to Fire Deputies Who Lie?
What Does It Take to Get Fired Around Here? It turns out that firing, or even sanctioning, law...
Bills to Help Sexual Assault and Trafficking Victims
BILL OF RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS This week, AB 1312, the Sexual Assault Survivors’...