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#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard

June 20, 2025
#NoSafePlace

LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall

June 5, 2025
Gangs • Homeboy Industries • LA City Council • Prison

Another Suicide at CIW, Photoshop Tattoo Removal, and LA “Bans the Box”

December 1, 2016
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RASH OF SUICIDES CONTINUES AT TROUBLED CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S PRISON On November 10, 56-year-old...

Immigration & Justice • Supreme Court • The Feds

SCOTUS to Hear Case Challenging Prolonged Detention Without Bond Hearings for Immigrants

November 30, 2016
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On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court is slated to consider whether people held in immigrant detention...

Education • Police • Prosecutors

Sec. of Education Calls for Boosts to Prison Education, Pasadena Sued Over Police Body Cam Policy…and More

November 29, 2016
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WITH RELEASE OF STUDY ON LITERACY IN PRISONS, US EDUCATION SECRETARY CALLS FOR POSTSECONDARY...

LASD

Two Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced to Prison for Savagely Beating Jail Inmate

November 28, 2016
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AND THAT MAKES 20 CONVICTIONS OF FORMER LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AS...

Life and Life Only

Authorities Continue to Search for a Motive for Attacker at Ohio State U Who Injured 11 – UPDATED

November 28, 2016
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OSU ATTACKER WHO SENT 11 TO THE HOSPITAL WORRIED ABOUT BEING STEREOTYPED At around 10 a.m. ET...

Sheriff Lee Baca • The Trial of Lee Baca

Judge Puts Off Decision About Whether Former LA Sheriff Lee Baca Can use an Expert to Introduce Baca’s Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

November 23, 2016
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PUTTING LEE BACA’S MEMORY ON THE WITNESS STAND At a 3 p.m hearing on Wednesday in the...

Immigration & Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LGBTQ • Los Angeles County • Race

LA County Supes Take on Hate Crimes

November 23, 2016
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COUNTY TO ADDRESS INCREASE IN HATE-DRIVEN INCIDENTS On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of...

Obama • Sentencing

Obama Hits 1,000 Commutations

November 23, 2016
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On Tuesday, President Barack Obama granted 79 more commutations, pushing his clemency total over...

Immigration & Justice • LAPD

More Cities Join LA in Asserting “Sanctuary” Status Despite Trump’s Plan to Take Away Funding

November 22, 2016
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Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said the city would not work...

Children and Adolescents • Community Health • Foster Care • Health Care • Race • Race & Class

Scorecard Ranks CA Counties by Kids’ Well-Being

November 22, 2016
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A report from the advocacy group Children Now takes a county-by-county look at children’s...

Sheriff Lee Baca • The Trial of Lee Baca

As Lee Baca’s Trial Approaches, the Fight Heats Up About the Former LA Sheriff’s “Cognitive Impairment”

November 21, 2016
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THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER LEE BACA’S MEMORY Earlier this month, both the defense and the...

Innocence

43 Percent of Last Year’s Record Number of Exonerees Pleaded Guilty, 17 Percent Confessed

November 18, 2016
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2015 PRODUCED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EXONERATIONS SINCE WE BEGAN COUNTING Last year was a banner...

ACEs • Children and Adolescents • Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Trauma

Nadine Burke Harris Carries Message about Child Trauma to White House and Back – by Jeremy Loudenback

November 17, 2016
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a San Francisco pediatrician and researcher who has...

LAPD

LA Police Commission Spends Full Meeting Discussing Report on Biased Policing

November 17, 2016
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Commission made an unusual decision to set aside a full meeting...

ACLU • Death Penalty

Following Passage of Prop. 66 and Efforts to Resume Capital Punishment in CA, ACLU Files Suit to Stall Executions

November 16, 2016
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The ACLU of Northern California and the law firm Covington & Burling filed a lawsuit Tuesday...

Juvenile Justice • Juvenile Probation • LA County Board of Supervisors

Supes Say “Yes” to Probation Camp Upgrade

November 16, 2016
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a recommendation to renovate Camp...

Charlie Beck • Children and Adolescents • DCFS • Department of Justice • Eric Garcetti • Foster Care • Immigration & Justice • LAPD

Chief Says LAPD Won’t Work with Trump on Mass Deportations, Texting Probation Officers, and LA’s Still Short on Foster Care Beds

November 15, 2016
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LAPD CHIEF, LA MAYOR SAY THE CITY WILL NOT HELP DONALD TRUMP DEPORT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS The...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

What Does a Trump Presidency Mean for Criminal Justice Reform?

November 14, 2016
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ANALYZING THE POSSIBLE SHAPE OF JUSTICE REFORM IN A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION We can fairly assume that...

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