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Oct 8, 2024 · The Race for District Attorney: Gascón & Hochman Debate. October 8, 2024. Written by Celeste Fremon. 6 Comments. LA District Attorney George Gascón and challenger Nathan Hochman squared off in in an hour-long debate on Tuesday, Oct 1, which may be the last opportunity that voters have to see them take each other on before November...
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August 26, 2024. 1 Comment. by Lynn Addington, Professor, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, American... August 20, 2024. 1 Comment. Two new reports from The Sentencing Project reveal that while the number of kids in juvenile... August 14, 2024.
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Update on LASD recruits injured, several critically, when hit by speeding SUV in devastating incident. November 16, 2022. 14 Comments. Slightly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, November 16, an SUV traveling southbound on Mills...
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For the young people in Los Angeles County’s 12 juvenile camps, 3 juvenile halls, and one... 1. Teenager at LA County Probation’s Sylmar Juvenile Hall Beaten on Video by Four Probation Officers as Supervisor Watches. THE BEATDOWN On April 24, four Los Angeles County probation officers allegedly beat a non-combative...
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Oct 5, 2021 · Fifty years ago, approximately seventy-five percent of the various county jails around the U.S...
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The year's finalists for the 65th Annual SoCal Journalism Awards were just announced, and WitnessLA...
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In 1994, then-California Governor Pete Wilson signed a bill giving the state prison system more...
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Sheriff Lee Baca
THE TRIAL OF LEE BACA: The Prosecution Rests With a Window Into Baca’s Anger, and the Defense...