Eye on the Courts: Obama’s Turn on Mass Incarceration and Social Justice Issues
As I have stated many times on this site, I was expecting a lot more of President…
Eye on the Courts: Reforms and the Changing Views on Crime and Punishment
My last two days in court, I observed a couple of interesting things that relate to recent…
Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration
It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and…
Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment
Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former…
Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47
On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while…
Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47
Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That…
Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?
Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce to misdemeanors offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen…
Key Testimony in YONET Drug Case
By Justine Joya The case of Andrea Collins and Vincent Felix continued yesterday morning, with Agent Diaz…
