Rina Palta
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Closing arguments came Tuesday in the case of an L.A. County sheriff's deputy who says he was acting on the orders of higher-ups, including former Sheriff Lee Baca. -
The first in a series of cases against sheriff's deputies accused of trying to thwart a federal investigation is scheduled to end this week. -
The question during Friday's trial of a sheriff's deputy accused of helping obstruct a federal investigation was how high up the conspiracy reached. -
As part of conspiracy trial, prosecutors and defense attorneys argue about the propriety of giving a cell phone to a jailhouse informant to document jail abuses. -
Federal prosecutors said members of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department changed the department's inmate visitation policy to thwart an FBI investigation into jailhouse wrongdoing. -
Trial began Tuesday in a case against an L.A. County sheriff's deputy accused of trying to thwart an investigation into inmate abuse and corruption in L.A.'s jails.
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Trial is set to start Tuesday for the first of 20 L.A. County Sheriff's deputies charged in a sweeping investigation into corruption and civil rights violations in L.A.'s county jails.
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Lobbyists for L.A. County appeared at the state capitol Thursday to ask for help funding a proposed $1.8 billion overhaul of the local jail system.
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Since her election as District Attorney, Jackie Lacey has staked out diverting mentally ill out of the criminal justice system as one of her top priorities. -
In a 3-1 vote, with one abstention, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors OK'd a plan to build a new county jail focused on mental health treatment.
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