Criminal Justice

President Biden's Visit To Monterey Park Comes Amid Demand For Action On Mass Shootings

The president plans to issue an executive order intended to reduce gun violence. His visit comes nearly two months after 11 people were killed in a mass shooting.

An Asian American man dressed all in black leads a group of Asian men and women on the dance floor.

Man Who Fatally Stabbed El Sereno Teenager Could Face 40 Years To Life

LA County District Attorney George Gascón announced the charges on Friday.

A line of yellow police tape stretches over a sidewalk at night

3 LAPD Officers Are In Stable Condition With Gunshot Wounds And Person On Parole Is Dead Following Standoff In Lincoln Heights

At a news conference Wednesday night, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said more needs to be done to take guns "off our streets."

LA City Council Puts Off Decision On Controversial Robot Dog Until May

The public safety had recommended accepting a donation of the nearly $300,000 robot to the LAPD in January.

A four-legged robot has yellow legs and is shaped like a dog. A camera sits where a head would be.

In Scathing Report, Special Counsel Finds LA Sheriff Deputy Gangs Are A ‘Cancer’ On The Department

The report to the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission says the cancer "must be excised" immediately.

At left, a skeleton with a handlebar mustache wears a sombrero and carries a gun with a bullet strapped across its shoulder. ELA is at the bottom. At right, a woman with medium-tone skin clutches her chest as she speak in a room. Behind her a man holds a sign that reads: Banditos a gang with badges

LAPD Union Says Officers Should Not Respond To These 28 Radio Calls

The union's list includes calls for loud parties, welfare checks, and non-criminal mental health issues.

An LAPD car with its emblem on the side of the driver's door with the phrase to protect and to serve.

DA Says LA Man Who Spent 38 Years In Prison For Murder Is Innocent

Tests on DNA from semen found in the victim's mouth proved Maurice Hastings did not commit the crime.

Maurice Hastings, a bald Black man with glasses wearing a dark suit and tie with a blue and white shirt and blue and white handkerchief in. his breast pocket, speaks at a podium. Paula Mitchell, a white woman with her arms folded in front of her, stands to the left. DA George Gascón stands to the right.

ACLU Asks Judge To Hold LA County In Contempt For 'Flagrant Violations' Of Jail Order

Last year, a federal judge ordered immediate improvements after the ACLU filed a motion about “abysmal” conditions at the Inmate Reception Center. Now the civil rights group says the county is not complying with the order.

We're looking at the entrance to the downtown jail public lobby and inmate reception center. A concrete beige building faces us, with glass windows framed with red. The door has white signs like "put on your mask". The building is part of a large complex -- we can see other beige buildings beyond the reception center. A palm tree is to the right of the building, and there are green grass and shrubs.

LA County Supes Vote To Explore How To Get More Books Into Jails

Earlier this month, we wrote about the lack of books inside L.A. County jails and one woman’s effort to change that. Now, the board of supervisors wants the Sheriff’s Department to report back on ways to make books available.

Ahmanise Sanati, a light-skinned woman with long black hair wearing a blue denim shirt, a green lanyard, and silver hoop earrings, holds up a copy of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential in her left hand as she smiles at the camera. She's standing in front of her silver car, with brown bags and boxes of books visible from the back seat.

CA Attorney General Investigating Riverside Sheriff’s Department, Focusing On Jail Deaths, Use Of Force

Rob Bonta says Riverside's department has had large numbers of deaths in custody, use of force in custody, and deaths by firearms.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a white man, looks at the camera. He has short-cropped salt-and-pepper hair, a bushy moustache that curls just below his mouth, and he is wearing his tan sheriff's uniform.

Harvey Weinstein Will Likely Spend The Rest Of His Life In Prison After LA Sentence

Once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, the 70-year-old former film producer will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison. He is already serving a 23-year sentence in New York.

Harvey Weinstein appearing in court in Los Angeles in Oct. 2022.

Unlikely Alliances In Supreme Court Opinions On Overtime, Death Penalty

The cases involved who qualifies for overtime pay, and Arizona's refusal to apply a Supreme Court precedent in death penalty jury instructions.

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