A Times investigation found that former partners or close relatives were charged in the deaths of at least 63 women who were killed in 2024 and 2025 in L.A. County.
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A Times analysis finds L.A. County dismisses 57% of domestic violence restraining order petitions over procedural hurdles, leaving many victims more exposed.
911 calls reveal multiple suicide attempts at Adelanto ICE detention center
Shasta’s jail has consistently passed most aspects of state inspections amid a worrying level of deaths. A close look at the state’s standards — and the California board responsible for examining deaths in jails — shows key gaps in oversight.
After an ICE agent shot Richard Parias during an arrest, his prolonged detention and alleged medical neglect at Adelanto have left his wife and children facing trauma, fear and financial strain.
MLK50 relied on a list originally compiled by Ed Miller Jr., a Tennessee attorney who reviewed every first-degree murder conviction in Tennessee between 1977 and 2017.
Prosecutors seemed to be targeting people who “can’t fight for their lives because they don’t have money for lawyers,” Shawn’a Hatcher said. “It’s dead wrong.”
The average Tennessee child convicted of felony murder was 16 at the time of the offense, MLK50 found. Some were as young as 12 when charged.
The first in a series about the impact of detention on the mental health of immigrant families.
Allegations of contaminated drinking water come weeks after a federal judge ordered immediate improvements to the immigration detention center