Bryant Mangum at his home in August 2021 in Los Angeles. California should set up a taxpayer-funded restitution system for crime victims, curtail the use of money bail and limit when cops can make traffic stops that disproportionately affect Black and Latino drivers, according to recommendations from a criminal justice panel that advises state lawmakers. Romano said the state often …
General-population inmates walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison in 2016. Its ideas for 2022 are ambitious, including an eventual end to the state’s controversial “three strikes” law and changes to lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole. “And I think we can make our state even safer and more fair by looking at some of the …
A man in a flannel shirt prepares to hit independent filmmaker Rocky Romano, far left in helmet, over the head with a bat. Prosecutors have charged a suspect with assault in an attack on a member of the media during a transgender rights protest outside a Los Angeles spa this summer, according to court records. The charge is related to …
