Robert Greene is an editorial writer covering water, drought, criminal justice reform, policing, mental health and Los Angeles County government. Greene previously was a staff writer for the L.A. Weekly and a reporter and associate editor for the Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Prior to becoming a journalist, he was an attorney in Los Angeles. He is a resident of Highland Park and a graduate of USC and Georgetown University Law School.
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A judge blocked the panel from releasing its report unless it included glaring language saying the committee was unlawfully constituted and operated.
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District attorneys are elected one to a county, so the power of conservative politics and rural outlooks continues to hold inordinate sway in Sacramento.
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The progressive (or 21st century, or reform, or modern) prosecutor movement is not securely tied to gender or race, or even to political party.
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Jackie Lacey became L.A. County district attorney in 2012 after winning election to an open seat — a rarity over the last century.
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Now is a good time to remember John Casper Cline, who 99 years ago became the only L.A. County sheriff to be thrown out of office by the Board of Supervisors.
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For most of a century L.A. sheriffs, aided by the county supervisors, passed the office along to their hand-picked successors.
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In June 1999, Los Angeles voted to remake itself.
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The biggest question in today’s California election may be Bernie versus Hillary, but every voter in Los Angeles County has at least seven little questions as well: How should we mark our ballots in the races for Superior Court judge?
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Opinion: Trump’s white separatist delegate William Johnson was once almost voted in as an L.A. judge
Opinion: Trump’s white separatist delegate William Johnson was once almost voted in as an L.A. judge
You already know all about William Johnson, the white nationalist who was selected as a Donald Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention.
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Of the more than 400 judges sitting on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, there is a very small handful of manifestly bad ones.