Toxic Treatment: The Abuse of Tear Gas Weapons in California Juvenile Detention, ACLU California, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Acknowledgements 3 Methodology 4 Executive Summary 6 Introduction: Mistreated in a Fragmented Juvenile Justice System 13 Impact: Using Tear Gas Weapons Against Youth is Harmful and Counterproductive 17 Findings: Public Records …
Using Technology to Erase Old Pot Convictions is the Buzz in Los Angeles by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Prosecutors in Los Angeles are using computer algorithms to wipe out or reduce up to 50,000 old marijuana convictions, years after the drug was legalized by voters in California. The county …
Garcia v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Negligent Police Shooting), 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement And Mutual Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is entered into between the following parties ("the Parties"): Plaintiffs Roberta Alcantar and the Estate of Armando Garcia …
Carter v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force and Medical Negligence, 2019 ase 2:19-cv-03840-JFW-JEM Document 1 Filed 05/02/19 5 Jeremy I. Lessem, Esq (SBN 213406) Jamal L. Tooson, Esq (SBN 261373) Lessem, N ewstat & Tooson, LLP 3450 Cahuenga Blvd W. Ste. 102 Los Angeles, CA 90068 Phone …
Office of the Inspector General - California Health Care Facility Medical Inspection Results Cycle 5, 2019 Roy W. Wesley Inspector General Office of the Inspector General California Health Care Facility Medical Inspection Results Cycle 5 April 2019 Fairness Integrity Respect Service Transparency Medical Inspection Unit Office of the Inspector General …
California Police Unions Balk at New Law Requiring Transparency in Officer-Involved Shootings and Use-of-Force Incidents by Chad Marks by Chad Marks California police unions are bringing their fight against a new transparency law -- Senate Bill 1421 -- to the courts, suing local governments in what looks like a losing …
L.A. County Wipes Out Almost $90 Million in Debt for Juvenile Detention Fees by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It has been illegal for Los Angeles County to charge juveniles and their families the cost of their incarceration since 2009. But, until recently, the county kept trying to collect nearly …
California Supreme Court Rules That Defense Counsel Can’t Agree to Stipulation That’s Tantamount to Guilty Plea Without Voluntary and Intelligent Waiver by Defendant by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The bedrock principle of criminal defense is to force the prosecution to prove its case against his client, but in the …
California Supreme Court: Competence Hearing Required When Formerly Incompetent Defendant Quits Taking Psychotropic Medication and Exhibits Signs of Incompetence by David Reutter by David Reutter The Supreme Court of California ruled that “when a formerly incompetent defendant has been restored to competence solely or primarily through administration of medication, evidence …
California Governor Announces Moratorium on Capital Punishment by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Governor Gavin Newsom granted a temporary reprieve for the 737 prisoners on California death row as of March 13, 2019. “I think this would be a bold step,” said Michael D. Rushford, president of the Criminal Justice …
Wood v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Stipulation for Dismissal, False Arrest and Medical Neglect, 2019 Case 2:18-cv-05788-PA-SS Document 34 Filed 04/12/19 Page 1 of 2 Page ID # :114 Mark D. Rutter k_SBN 058194) f66~1Wr~RAve~1~~! DUMONT Los Angeles, California 90071 3 Telephone: (213) 228-0400 Facsimile: (213) 228-0401 4 Email: …
San Francisco Embraces New Technology to Clear Pot Convictions by Several pot-related crimes went up in smoke when California voters approved Proposition 64 marijuana reforms in 2016—and all retroactively. However, a lack of resources in many district attorney offices to review decades’ worth of criminal cases eligible under the new …
California Police Privacy Laws Have Been Violating Brady for Years by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An arresting officer’s fabrication or planting of evidence or other misconduct lies at the very heart of the definition of exculpatory evidence that must be disclosed to criminal defendants under the Sixth Amendment since the …
A.M.P. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), 2019 Electronlcal!y FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Les Angeles on 03119/2019 12:59 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by N. AJvarez,Oeputy Clerk i 9STCV09463 · Assigned for all purposes to: Spring Street Courthouse, …
Algorithm-dictated Freedom? Vet California’s New Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool by Virginia Griese by Virginia Griese An individual’s liberty may soon be in the hands of technology. Pretrial risk-assessment algorithms will replace the cash bail system in California, thanks to S.B. 10, the new bail reform law signed by Governor Jerry …
San Francisco DA Candidate Chesa Boudin Puts Criminal Justice Reform Front and Center by Chesa Boudin stands out among the candidates for the 2019 district attorney race in San Francisco. Boudin, a deputy public defender, helped to lead efforts to reform the cash bail system and has earned support from …
New California Laws Peel Back Secrecy Surrounding Police Discipline Amid Pushback by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander The tide is changing on police accountability and transparency in California with the passage and signing of the California Records Act (“SB-1421”) and Assembly Bill 748. But SB-1421, which was scheduled to take …
Sexual Assaults and Harassment by Members of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Costing Taxpayers Millions by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”) is the largest of its kind in the U.S. According to recent figures, it tops another list—it’s apparently the most feloniously libidinous …
California Court of Appeal: Using Criminal Process to Collect Fines That Indigent Defendants Cannot Pay Is Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 8, 2019, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District of the state of California ruled that when the only reason a defendant cannot …
National Center for Youth Law - The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody, 2019 Tornillo, photo courtesy of Reuters The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody February 2019 U.C. Davis Immigration Law Clinic This briefing document was prepared by the National Center for Youth …
