In 1983, Marsy Nicholas, a student at the University of California Santa Barbara, was stalked and killed by a former boyfriend. Just one week later, her mother was in a grocery store – right after visiting Marsy’s grave – and came face-to-face with her daughter’s...
“How do you quantify the intangible damage a cop does when he kicks your ass?” asks host Sarah Koenig, in an episode that tackles the aftermath of Jesse Nickerson and Emirius Spencer’s run-ins with police. Oxygen by Gina Tron, October 31, 2018...
Between 2005 and 2014, police officers in the United States were charged with committing 405 rapes. Let that appalling number sink in. What’s worse is that these are just the incidents that were reported and charged. The true number of rapes is most certainly far...
Nearing the end of his governorship and likely the finale of his legendary political career, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills that dial back California’s strict laws regarding police misconduct. With his signature, California joins every other state in...
Governor Jerry Brown’s bill to end cash bail in California will go into effect on Oct. 20, 2019. But what will this really mean for all the people who are unjustly sitting in jail in our state today? A New York Times editorial compared California’s new proposed system...
