Topic Criminal Justice Reform
After decades of broken promises and empty rhetoric, reform advocates have reason to be skeptical.
Drakeo the Ruler is free. Jackie Lacey is gone. Los Angeles is on lockdown. Specific language is required for this strange moment.
George Gascón has a mandate to confront institutional racism at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. Will he?
Prop 25 promises to end cash bail, but we’ll wind up with a potentially worse alternative.
If Los Angeles County is to reform our criminal legal system, Jackie Lacey's gotta go.
The opportunity to choose real healing and care is available to us if we choose to take it.
Now seems as good a time as any to evaluate our spending priorities.
The fight for bail reform hit a deeply embarrassing roadblock yesterday.
Eight years ago tomorrow, I got a phone call that a body was found and that it was identified as being Mitrice Richardson.
Yesterday the Los Angeles Public Defenders’ Union was formally recognized by the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Committee.