The writ of mandate that we filed was against the Brawley Elementary School District. It demands that the district reinstate former superintendent Ron Garcia and declare the school board's decision to fire Garcia null and void. In firing Garcia, the school board violated a plethora of provisions under the Brown Act and the California Government Code. Stay tuned...
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Advocacy group sues Brawley Elementary School District over firing of Ron Garcia
Here is an interesting article on a writ of mandate lawsuit that my firm filed in Brawley California on behalf of The Institute For Socio-Economic Justice.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Press Conference For John Horton
Here was some interesting press coverage that we got on our lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. for the senseless death of John Horton while at the Men's Central jail. John was found dead under suspicious circumstances while in solitary confinement. Trial is currently set for September of this year.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
An Interesting Way To Fight The Death Penalty
The sole U.S. maker of the anesthetic used in executions announced Friday it would stop manufacturing sodium thiopental to prevent its product from being used to put prisoners to death.
I am unequivocally against the death penalty, particularly since is racially disparate in its application and I see it's unfortunate application in my criminal practice. It's no secret that even though blacks and whites are murder victims in nearly equal numbers of crimes, 80% of people executed since the death penalty was reinstated have been executed for murders involving white victims. It's also no secret that more than 20% of black defendants who have been executed were convicted by all-white juries.
Before we can even get to the moral argument, this point has never been addressed by proponents of the death penalty. Additionally, now that Hospiria, Inc. has said that it will not be a tool for state sanctioned murder anymore, maybe our educated nation will now go back to stoning, hanging and firing squad to morally teach us it's wrong to kill.
I am unequivocally against the death penalty, particularly since is racially disparate in its application and I see it's unfortunate application in my criminal practice. It's no secret that even though blacks and whites are murder victims in nearly equal numbers of crimes, 80% of people executed since the death penalty was reinstated have been executed for murders involving white victims. It's also no secret that more than 20% of black defendants who have been executed were convicted by all-white juries.
Before we can even get to the moral argument, this point has never been addressed by proponents of the death penalty. Additionally, now that Hospiria, Inc. has said that it will not be a tool for state sanctioned murder anymore, maybe our educated nation will now go back to stoning, hanging and firing squad to morally teach us it's wrong to kill.
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