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Op-Ed in the L.A. Times Critiquing the Gubernatorial Veto on Parole

May 31, 2023
Today, the L.A. Times published my op-ed, in which I criticize California’s gubernatorial veto on parole which, as I explain in Yesterday’s Monsters, serves no purpose except contaminating the parole
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CA Court of Appeal Reverses Newsom’s Veto, Reinstates Van Houten’s Parole

May 30, 2023
Parole drama today! the California Court of Appeal for the Second District reversed Gavin Newsom’s veto of Leslie Van Houten’s parole, reinstating the board’s parole grant decision. You can read
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Cooperation and Disruption in True-Crime Podcasting: Your Own Backyard

May 26, 2023
As some of you know, I’m beginning to work on a new project that sits at the intersection of new media, victimology, and law enforcement. I’m interested in the true
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An All-Male Jury for a Groper and the G2i Problem

May 4, 2023
The Gemara relates: Rav bar Sherevya had a trial pending before Rav Pappa. Rav Pappa seated him and also seated his litigant counterpart, who was an am ha’aretz (a simple
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How to Address Pseudo-Police Lethal Force?

May 3, 2023
There’s understandable community upheaval about a recent tragedy that rocked downtown San Francisco: A security guard at a downtown Walgreens store shot and killed Banko Brown and, the D.A. decided,
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How Machine Learning Improves Parole Research

April 29, 2023
Rabbi Levi son of Rabbi says…The Holy One said to Moshe “You will make a menorah of pure gold” (Shemot 25:31). Moshe responded: how will we make it? God responded:
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