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The mayor of San Francisco’s long fight to get her brother out of jail over armed robbery that turned fatal

High-profile case touches on issues including the politics of crime-fighting, state law – and one family’s journey between poverty and power. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Driver in LA crash that killed 5 charged with murder

The driver suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people and an 8 1/2-month-old fetus near Los Angeles has been charged with murder

The Independent UK

Outspoken prosecutor who clashed with D.A. Gascón now target of internal investigation

LOS ANGELES — A prosecutor who clashed with Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón over a controversial case involving a transgender defendant is now the subject of an internal investigation and also has been accused of making offensive remarks about the defendant.

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Hornets’ Miles Bridges pleads not guilty in felony domestic violence case in LA

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, his basketball future in potential jeopardy, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony domestic violence charges in Los Angeles tied to the alleged beating of his girlfriend last month.

Tribune News Service

Miles Bridges Faces Domestic Violence Charges in Los Angeles

The Hornets forward is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Sports Illustrated

Hornets' Miles Bridges formally charged with felony domestic violence

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Los Angeles County district attorney is filing felony domestic violence charges against Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, the office announced Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

US judge reneged on promise in Roman Polanski sex case, transcript reveals

A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977, a former prosecutor has testified. This in part explains why the renowned Franco-Polish director fled the Unites States, setting the stage for one of…

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A U.S. judge said he would renege on a promise not to jail Polanski in his sex case

The detail emerged decades after Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and fled the U.S. on the eve of his sentencing because he didn't think he was getting a fair deal.

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Ex-prosecutor: US Judge Planned to Renege on Polanski Deal

A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a plea deal and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977, a former prosecutor testified, setting the stage for the renowned director to flee the US as a fugitive. A previously sealed transcript obtained…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Roman Polanski criminal case transcripts must be unsealed, court rules

LOS ANGELES — An appeals court ruled Wednesday that transcripts related to Roman Polanski's criminal case must be made public, a decision that could bring an end to a legal saga the acclaimed film director set in motion when he fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a…

Los Angeles Times

Roman Polanski rape case testimony can be unsealed, LA prosecutor says

District attorney George Gascón says his office has asked to unseal transcripts in effort to re-examine case

The Guardian - US

Roman Polanski sex abuse case documents should be unsealed, Los Angeles DA says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón asked a state appeals court Tuesday to unseal transcripts related to the criminal case against Roman Polanski, which could end the decades-long legal saga over the film director's sexual abuse of a teenager in 1977.

Los Angeles Times

Group aims to harness anger over crime to oust LA prosecutor

Supporters of an effort to oust Los Angeles County's progressive prosecutor say they have filed more than enough signatures to qualify for a recall election

The Independent UK

2 slain California police officers memorialized by family, colleagues

LOS ANGELES — The black-and-whites stretched for half a mile Thursday as they followed a procession of motorcycle police officers along the shuttered 10 Freeway east of Los Angeles.

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After San Francisco, will LA District Attorney Gascón be recalled next? Inside the final push

LOS ANGELES — In a three-room office in West Los Angeles, volunteers tear open envelopes one at a time, hoping the contents will bring them closer to a goal that seemed impossible a year ago.

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Why LA, not San Francisco, could become the most progressive city in California

In an election year supposedly defined by the public's anxiety over rising crime and diminishing law enforcement, Los Angeles is on the verge of electing its first abolitionist City Council member.

Los Angeles Times

'The best of us': Hundreds gather to honor slain El Monte officers

LOS ANGELES — Joseph Santana wanted to be an El Monte police officer, just like his stepfather.

Los Angeles Times

Horrific details emerge about deadly ambush of El Monte police officers

LOS ANGELES — The rookie and his training officer knocked on the door of an El Monte motel room, where they’d been called to investigate a report of domestic violence.

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Editorial: Ignore the early reviews. California’s criminal justice reform movement fared well on Election Day

Despite what you may have heard, Tuesday was a fairly good day for criminal justice reform in California.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: No, the criminal justice reform movement isn't dead. But it may need to grow up

Would you like to see more Black and Latino men locked up in prison?

Los Angeles Times

Fear over crime and homelessness in California paid off in some primaries. Will it carry over to November?

Less than three years after earning a major win for a national movement seeking to elect progressive prosecutors, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled from office Tuesday night.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chesa Boudin, San Francisco DA raised by radicals in Hyde Park, ousted in heated recall

Political experts say the political newcomer who narrowly won in 2019 was in the crosshairs of outside forces that made him an easy target for public frustration.

Los Angeles Times

LA Democrats failed to mount united campaign against Sheriff Villanueva despite anger

LOS ANGELES — To pull off his improbable win in 2018, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva convinced liberal Democratic voters he was one of their own.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco’s bitter DA recall could set back national justice reform movement

SAN FRANCISCO — Hours after winning election as San Francisco district attorney in 2019, Chesa Boudin stood, beaming, inside a packed dive bar in the Mission District.

Los Angeles Times

From more cops to defund: Candidates for LA mayor differ on crime and policing

LOS ANGELES — One candidate wants to make the Los Angeles Police Department larger than it has ever been. Another envisions a future where America's second largest city no longer needs police. The others have staked out middle ground.

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