News & Commentary
Oct 20, 2014
L.A. County Jail Plan Is a $2 Billion Blunder That Embraces Incarceration, Not Treatment, for Mentally Ill
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Sep 12, 2014
These three CA bills can help innocent people wrongly imprisoned
By Katherine Williams
Last week, two men who had been sentenced to death 30 years ago were proven innocent by DNA testing. Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown were teenagers when they were wrongly accused of the brutal rape and murder of a child in North Carolina. One of the most shocking parts of the story is that prosecutors hid evidence that linked a convicted rapist to the murder, a man who went on to kill another child while McCollum and Brown were wrongly imprisoned.
By Marcus Benigno
Sep 12, 2014
Support for California’s death penalty is in rapid decline
By Gil Garcetti
Support for the death penalty in California is at the lowest point in half a century. And not only that – a new Field poll shows that this level of support is falling rapidly.
By Glen Eichenblatt
Jun 19, 2014
Three black men executed in three states in 24 hours. And it’s Juneteenth.
By: Ana Zamora, ACLU of Northern California
Today is Juneteenth and the United States just executed three black men from three southern states in 24 hours. This is outrageous.
By Marcus Benigno
Mar 10, 2014
Lt Gov. Gavin Newsom “steps up and steps in” for criminal justice reform, marijuana legalization
If you missed the rousing speech delivered by California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend at the state’s Democratic Party convention in Los Angeles, do yourself a favor and take 10 minutes to give it a watch.
By Marcus Benigno
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