He’s a death-penalty championing, Islam-bashing vaccine skeptic who believes the U.S. is “rooted in Christian principles.” And he’s currently campaigning for re-election in Texas as the district attorney of Bexar County, a populous county of nearly two million residents, close to 60 percent of whom are Hispanic — as a Democrat.
On Jan. 23, public defenders in Los Angeles County got a new interim boss — over their own objections. For one thing, many have argued, Nicole Davis Tinkham, the appointee, comes from the Office of the County Counsel, where she defended the Board of Supervisors (the same governing body that appointed her), and the Sheriff’s Department, a frequent foe of their clients.
A little-known New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision policy has limited access to books in at least nine prisons for years.
Public defenders in Charlotte say restrictions on communication hinder their ability to help jailed clients.
Alameda County Superior Court reversed license suspensions for 54,000 people who were punished for their inability to pay fines.
