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11:48am

Thu April 5, 2012
Cops & Courts

Forum marks 40 years of solitary confinement of the Angola 3

Credit angola3news.blogspot.com

The Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal and the Hastings chapter of the National Lawyers Guild are co-hosting a public forum at the UC Hastings College of the Law on Friday examining current solitary confinement practices in light of recent hunger strikes in California prisons. 

The event is organized by the International Coalition to Free the Angola Three, a human-rights activist group working to bring justice to men from Louisiana they claim were falsely accused of murdering a prison guard in 1972. 

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10:40pm

Wed April 4, 2012
Cops & Courts

Your Legal Rights

Criminal law surprises--special guest is criminal law specialist Stanley Friedman.

2:46pm

Fri March 30, 2012
Cops & Courts

The Blotter: Friday, March 30

Credit Courtesy of ACLU of Southern California

Criminal justice headlines from the week.

County's parolee recidivism rate declines under Brown's prison plan: The number of parolees arrested for new crimes in Los Angeles County has dropped since Gov. Jerry Brown's realignment plan took effect six months ago, drawing cautious optimism from some state and local officials. (Contra Costa Times)

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