President Trump has appointed a quarter of active federal appellate judges, and they have decisively hampered legal efforts to force prisons and jails to address the coronavirus.
Harris’s record as a prosecutor was representative of a politics of the past. The nation has moved on.
People held in courthouse cells were shackled for up to 15 hours a day, and some were unable to eat, change menstrual pads, or use the bathroom, advocates say.
A lawsuit in Los Angeles and a motion in Orange County highlight battles to get key information.
Advocates say Anthony Aceves’s death conforms with long-standing issues in the second-largest jail system in California.
Phone calls between prisoners in Orange County and their lawyers were recorded and accessed. How wide the eavesdropping was remains an open question.
The California county has a thin blue line that appears to protect not just the police, but also the DA’s office, criminal justice advocates say.
A new court order allows the family’s lawsuit to proceed, and may lead to holding jail staff accountable.
In 2009, Anaheim police shot and killed Theresa Smith’s son. A new California law promises police transparency, but her quest for answers faces a substantial cost.
Todd Spitzer blasted Global Tel Link for recording attorney-client phone calls, but his campaign won’t call on a PAC supporting his candidacy to return the company’s lobbyist’s donation.
