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One prosecuted a man shot by an ICE officer in South L.A. The other missed court deadlines in another man's detention case.
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One in three California prisoners has a diagnosed mental illness. The state’s solution for some? Move them around.
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People officially classified as dying from issues like cardiac disease, respiratory illness, or even flu, “have evidence of hematomas, bone fractures, and lacerations.”
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Earlier this year, the DA's office and the Innocence Project asked a judge to find Torres "factually innocent,” arguing that "a preponderance of the evidence" shows that he did not commit the killing.
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A proposed California law that is part of a larger package of gun control bills would allow the attorney general to sue gun manufacturers over marketing practices.
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The settlement covers 312 former patients of UCLA gynecologist and oncologist James Heaps. That brings the total for the thousands of plaintiffs to nearly $700 million.
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Deputy gangs known as the Executioners and the Banditos were at the center of the first public hearing by the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission as part of its investigation.
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Leaders in the civil rights community are pushing the department and other cabinet agencies to take more aggressive action.
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Supervisor Janice Hahn says the advocacy program could reduce the trauma of unnecessary child and family separation.
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A shooter killed one man and critically wounded four other people at an Orange County church on Sunday.
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This averages out to about 10 such attacks a week.
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The judge's directive follows a report by court-appointed monitors saying the Sheriff's Department is not doing enough to address the problem.
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"None of these people know what it's like to take out the trash and mop Union Station on the night shift every day; only the workers do,” said Alejandra Valles with SEIU United Service Workers West.
