LA Cities Look to Take Over Misdemeanor Prosecutions
“I'm not just going to sit idly behind and watch crime skyrocket, watch criminals come and take advantage of my neighbors and do nothing," one councilman said.
“I'm not just going to sit idly behind and watch crime skyrocket, watch criminals come and take advantage of my neighbors and do nothing," one councilman said.
The California Department of Justice will review several investigations by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that have been criticized as political or retaliatory in nature.
Civil forfeiture or highway robbery?
San Francisco’s district attorney is accused of mishandling an AAPI hate crime and withholding evidence to get an officer convicted of assault.
The extraordinary legal case highlights the explosive nature of the opioid crisis and prosecutors’ attempts to get tough on those who sell the deadly drug.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rebuked the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura for closing gun stores in March of 2020.