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L.A. city controller to audit Coliseum finances
Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel is dispatching a team of auditors to pore over the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's books because of a financial scandal that is already the subject of a criminal investigation. Greuel had been prepared to launch...
Tags: Criminals, Zev Yaroslavsky, Crime, Law and Justice, Accounting and Auditing, Wendy Greuel
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Gigi Gordon dies at 54; crusading criminal defense lawyer
Gigi Gordon, a crusading criminal defense lawyer who battled corrupt police and overzealous prosecutors to free dozens of prisoners who had been wrongfully convicted, committed suicide after struggling with multiple sclerosis and depression. She was 54....Tags: Prisons, Los Angeles Police Department, Multiple Sclerosis, Behavioral Conditions, Laws
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Fmr. Bell Leaders Want Corruption Charges Dropped
KTLA NewsBELL, Calif. (KTLA) -- A judge tossed out felony charges Tuesday against both the former mayor of Bell and one of his council colleagues. The judge ruled that Oscar Hernandez and Luis Artiga did not know they were breaking the law by accepting cash loans...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Corporate Crime, Justice System
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D.A. Cooley's office won't file misdemeanors against Kinde Durkee
PolitiCalLos Angeles County prosecutors said Thursday they will not pursue misdemeanor charges against campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee for allegedly claiming to be an accountant when she did not have a license. Durkee already has been charged in federal court... -
L.A.-area arson suspect waged a 'campaign of terror,' D.A. says
L.A. NOWHollywood arson suspect Harry Burkhart appeared Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court looking agitated and unkempt to face 37 felony charges of torching cars and property across a broad swath of Los Angeles over the New Year's weekend. Judge........ -
L.A.-area arson suspect 'motivated by rage against Americans'
L.A. NOWHollywood arson suspect Harry Burkhart was "motivated by rage against Americans" and sought to terrorize as many people as possible when he torched dozens of Los Angeles-area cars, homes and garages over New Year's weekend, the Los Angeles County... -
Judge won't put former Bell police chief on the stand
L.A. NOWHe sat in the back of the courtroom, dressed in a dark blue suit with a dour expression. But that was the closest former Bell police Chief Randy Adams came to the witness stand Tuesday.... -
First wide-open race for D.A. since -- when? [Coffeebreak Quiz]
Opinion L.A.At least six candidates, perhaps as many as eight, are running for Los Angeles County district attorney in the June 5 primary. Incumbent Steve Cooley is retiring and leaving an open seat. When was the last time that happened?... -
First open seat for D.A. since 1964 [Coffeebreak Quiz answer]
Opinion L.A.It has been 48 years since the last open-seat election for district attorney. That's when Evelle J. Younger defeated Manley Bowler to succeed William B. McKesson in the 1964 race.... -
Verdict on a veteran judge, Joan Dempsey Klein -- 'smart, funny, fearless'
Opinion L.A.Just about everyone knows at least something about the Supreme Court justices, even though they may not be as famous to most Americans as those judges on TV. But there are state benches and state judges as well as federal...... -
Trutanich: I am a liar
Opinion L.A.This post has been corrected. See note below. Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich officially announced his candidacy for county district attorney Thursday. That took a good deal of chutzpah because during his 2008 campaign, he signed a pledge to...... -
Councilman Zine criticizes candidate's negative campaign for D.A.
L.A. NOWLos Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine announced Monday that he had pulled his endorsement of county prosecutor Alan Jackson in this year’s election for district attorney and faulted Jackson for running what he described as a campaign aimed at &#...
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