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11/9/2020
Jeremy Loudenback
While George Gascón campaigned on making law enforcement agencies more accountable to the community, he also shared a detailed juvenile justice platform. Photo: Jeremy Loudenback Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón — who last week unseated incumbent prosecutor Jackie Lacey to be top cop in America’s second largest city — has vowed to act on his campaign pledge: Gascón has stated he will not pursue death penalty convictions and will “immediately stop prosecuting children as adults.”
4/8/2020
Opinion
Dr. Robert K. Ross and Shane Murphy Goldsmith
In the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis, all of us are trying to do our best for the children in our lives — providing stability and a safe and caring home.
9/21/2018
With the deadline to sign legislation looming, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is considering a bill that would limit how long young people who are declared mentally unfit by a judge can be held in juvenile halls.
5/8/2014
Daniel Heimpel
In 2013 the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) fielded 3,195 reports of suspected child abuse. The agency chose not to investigate 1,456 cases, nearly half of all the reports it received that year.
