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L.A. Riots: A Rose Grows Through Concrete 20 Years Later

Carol Biondi | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Education, Probation, Incarceration, Prison, Recidivism, California Community Foundation, Race Relations, Bloom, Prejudice, Advocacy, Home News

Twenty years after the L.A. riots, can philanthropy play a meaningful role in addressing the gross over-representation of Black males in prisons and correctional facilities in California?

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20 Years After L.A. Riots, Nonprofit Fights Prejudices, Advocates A Better First Chance

Carol Biondi | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Education, Probation, Incarceration, Recidivism, Prison, California Community Foundation, Bloom, Prejudice, Advocacy, Race Relations, Impact News

Twenty years after the L.A. riots, can philanthropy play a meaningful role in addressing the gross over-representation of Black males in prisons and correctional facilities in California?

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Man Gets Himself Arrested, Hoping For 'A Sandwich And Drink'

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Homeless, Hunger, Lance Brown Arrest, Probation, Homelessness, Lance Brown, Intentional Arrest, Halfway House, Lance Brown Arrested, Money News

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Lance Brown was hungry and homeless, so he decided to get thrown in jail by hurling a brick through a glass door at the Columbus...

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Cyclist Who Killed Grandma Gets Probation

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Bike Collision, San Francisco Bike Trial, Plea Deal, Dionette Cherney, Probation, Vehicular Manslaughter, Randolph Ang, San Francisco Bikes, Bike Accident, George Gascon, San Francisco News

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi isn't the only San Francisco resident to strike a controversial plea deal from the District Attorney's office this week. On ...

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Casey Anthony's Lawyers Fight To Keep Her Out Of Florida

Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Video, Judge Belvin Perry, Probation, Check Fraud, Florida, Casey Anthony, Casey Anthony Check Fraud, Casey Anthony Probation, Casey Anthony Back to Florida, Casey Anthony Sent Back to Florida, Crime News

Casey Anthony is not going back to Orange County, Fla., without a fight. Lawyers representing Anthony will appeal a court order mandating her to re...

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Casey Anthony Ordered Back To Florida

AP | By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Judge Belvin Perry, Casey Anthony Florida, Probation, Casey Anthony Ordered Back to Florida, Orange County, Casey Anthony Trial, Casey Anthony Must Return to Florida, Florida, Check Fraud, Casey Anthony, Casey Anthony Check Fraud, Crime News

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony must return to Orlando within two weeks to serve a year's probation for check fraud, a Florida judge ruled Friday. J...

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Casey Anthony’s Attorneys Challenge Judge's Order To Return To Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Probation, Casey Anthony Florida, Crime News, Crime, Casey Anthony Trial, Amy Huizenga, Stan Strickland, Caylee Anthony, Fraud, Video, Nancy Grace, Check Fraud, Florida, Casey Anthony, Casey Anthony Verdict, Casey Anthony Probation, Jose Baez, Crime News

Casey Anthony's legal team has filed an emergency motion for a hearing to "quash, vacate and set aside" a recent court order requiring Anthony to retu...

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(WATCH) Georgia Mom Weighs New Trial Offer In Son's Jaywalking Death

AP | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Video, Probation, Drunk Driver, Hit and Run, Today Show, Atlanta, Jaywalking, Georgia, Marietta, Justice, Raquel Nelson, Crime News

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Georgia woman spared jail time for her vehicular homicide conviction in the death of her 4-year-old son, who was struck by a van as...

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Los Angeles County: "Oz Without the Wizard," Part 2

Constance L. Rice | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles County Probation Department, Los Angeles Times, Child Abuse, Probation, Los Angeles News

When Google instantly links "Los Angeles County Probation" to phrases like "scandal plagued," "rampant corruption," and "where mayhem has reigned for years," it just might be time to call in the cavalry.

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Los Angeles County: "Oz Without the Wizard"

Constance L. Rice | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles County Probation Department, Probation, Child Ab, Mark Ridley Thomas, United States Department of Justice, Los Angeles News

Next to employees charged with sexually exploiting, staging gladiator fights and pepper spraying handcuffed children in their custody, the drunks at LA County Probation look like Employees of the Month.

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The Insanity of Sentencing Minors to Adult Prison: The Maryland Study

Jacqueline Caster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Juvenile Justice, Sentencing, Youth, Probation, Detention, Children, Prison, Maryland, Jail, Politics News

In the clear majority of cases, charging children as adults in the criminal system makes no sense. In fact, it actually has the perverse effect of increasing recidivism rates.

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Should Reggie Bush Have Apologized to Pat Haden for Being on the Take?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pat Haden, Reggie Bush, New Orleans Saints, Probation, Ncaa, Apology, Usc, Scandal, Sports News

If athletes are responsible for creating huge sums of revenue they should have access to some of the dough. Athletes should receive a stipend that acknowledges their efforts.

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BP Gets Preferential Treatment Compared To Lindsay Lohan, Says Lawyer Suing Oil Giant

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Perry, Bp, Lindsay Lohan, Probation, Texas City Oil Refinery Explosion, BP Lawsuit, BP Settlement, BP Lindsay Lohan, BP Lohan, BP Texas City, Green News

David Perry, the lawyer suing BP over the safety of its Atlantis deepwater oil drilling platform, says that there is a double standard in the legal sy...

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Probation Needs Justice

Mark Ridley-Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Probation, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, Lapd, La County Probation, Los Angeles County Probation Department, Los Angeles News

How severe is the crisis in the Los Angeles Probation Department? Consider this: some of the worst offenders the department must handle are, regrettably, on its staff.

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No Justice, No Jail for Lindsay Lohan

Stacy Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrity Justice, Cannes, Lindsay Lohan, Judge Marsha Revel, Probation, Dui, Entertainment News

Although Lindsay didn't get jail time this time, when she got treated differently from everyone else, she also didn't get justice.

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Florida Law Leads To Shantytown For Banished Sex Offenders

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Probation, Homelessness, Sex-Offenders-Laws, Homeless Shelters, Sex Offenders, Florida, Charlie Crist, Miami, Politics News

They used to be invisible, the four or five convicted sex offenders camping out on the Julia Tuttle Causeway connecting Miami to Miami Beach. But for ...

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