As it turns out, how people behave in one setting does not predict how they will behave in a very different setting.
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?
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?
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Although Lindsay didn't get jail time this time, when she got treated differently from everyone else, she also didn't get justice.
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 ...
