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Some say the way inmates are treated in Los Angeles County jails is absolutely criminal.

Pasadena Weekly | Kevin Uhrich | 03-14-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: ACLU, L.A. County Jail, Mitrice Richardson

Happy New Year, Peggy Rebernew

I was a few days shy of 11 when in February 1970 a jury in my hometown of Lebanon, Pa., acquitted 27-year-old Art Root of the torture slaying of teenager Margaret Lynn "Peggy" Reber. Not long after that, Root moved away and the case has since been on ice. But no one, including me, ever forgot that time.

Pasadena Weekly | Kevin Uhrich | 08-19-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime, Peggy Reber, cold cases

California's Ex-Attorney General Calls for an End to Capital Punishmentnew

With more than 700 Death Row prisoners awaiting execution for decades and no money in sight for improving the integrity and efficiency of the failing capital punishment system, John Van de Kamp is publicly calling for an end to the death penalty. But unlike most of capital punishment's ardent opponents, he has actually sent men to Death Row.

Pasadena Weekly | Joe Piasecki | 07-13-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: John Van de Kamp, California, death penalty, Capital Punishment, criminal justice

Law Enforcement Officials Find Booze and Bullets Can Be a Deadly Combinationnew

While it seems like only common sense to remain sober while carrying a loaded weapon, most LA-area police departments don't have policies mandating such behavior.

Pasadena Weekly | Andre Coleman | 06-08-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: guns, police, alcohol, law enforcement, Los Angeles County

House Republican Inquiry into Secrets Surrounding Cap-and-Trade Fraud Convictionnew

A former Pasadena businesswoman convicted of engineering a fraudulent cap-and-trade pollution credit deal is at the heart of a congressional inquiry into the government's latest response to global warming.

Pasadena Weekly | Kevin Uhrich | 05-18-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Anne Masters Sholtz, EPA, fraud

Pasadena Board Considers Having Cops Patrol Middle Schoolsnew

The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education will debate again whether to place Pasadena police officers on two of its three middle school campuses.

Pasadena Weekly | Andre Coleman | 02-09-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: police, Pasadena Unified School District, school safety

Pasadena Schools Face Alarming Growth in Violent Racial and Girl-on-Girl Incidentsnew

The expulsion of four elementary school students for bringing knives onto campus and a rise in violence involving female African-American students have left city and school officials scrambling for solutions.

Pasadena Weekly | Andre Coleman | 05-20-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Education, race relations, crime & justice, Pasadena, school violence