by Web Editor | Jun 6, 2011 | News
by Tim Kowal on June 6, 2011 From Ordinary Times Jailing is big business. California spends approximately $9 billion a year on its correctional system, and hosts one in seven of the nation’s prisoners. It has the largest prison population of any state. The number of...
by Web Editor | May 22, 2011 | News
Originally published in the LA Times , May 22, 2011 By Steve Lopez, Staff Writer The union spent $7 million on last year’s elections, and of the 107 candidates it endorsed, 104 were elected. Last week, I found myself cruising the website of the California...
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2011 | News
Parole board can’t require admission of guilt This is part of an article published in SF Gate, 04/01/11: A murder convict who appears to be rehabilitated after decades behind bars can’t be denied parole merely because he continues to declare his innocence,...
