Tag: criminal justice system
New bail policy causes controversy
The city of La Verne and 11 other cities filed an injunction against Los Angeles County’s new Pre-Arraignment Release Protocols, known as the zero-bail policy, a day after it was adopted, due to public safety concerns.
Virginia takes initiative to support LGBT rights
Virginia has taken a step in the right direction becoming the 13th state, and first state in the South, to ban gay and transgender panic as a defense for murder or manslaughter.
Dr. Lyman advocates Asian American rights
Dr. Stanford Morris Lyman, professor of social science at Florida Atlantic University and a leading authority on Asian Americans in the United States, confronted an issue yesterday that has been tossed back and forth in the U.S. court system—“The Asian American Quest for Civil Rights.”
Forensics team argues fair trial for O.J. Simpson
The ULV community will have the opportunity to experience the heat felt inside the popular downtown courthouse when the debate team tackles the question, “Can O.J. Simpson receive a fair trial?” on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at noon in La Fetra Lecture Hall, when the team displays their ability to debate which has garnered them so many honors in various competitions this year.
Open courts ensure freedom
For the first 200 years of the United States of America, we lived in a world null and void of television. If Americans wanted to see a sporting event, they had to attend it; there was no instant replay or professional analysis.