Powerful Juvenile Detention Photos
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The juvenile justice in Los Angeles and throughout California isn’t going to be reformed from the inside. Organizations that can maintain a cloak of secrecy are slow to change, even when they want to adapt and improve. As a juvenile…
read moreMedicare Fraud Arrests in Los Angeles
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The feds are getting serious about Medicare fraud. More than 100 people have been charged in connection a Medicare fraud conspiracy that is alleged to span eight cities. Eight of the suspects are in Los Angeles, including two doctors. According…
read moreLos Angeles Unified School District’s Police Department
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The Los Angeles Unified School has its own Police Chief. His name is Steven Zipperman, and according to press reports, he heads a police force of 340 officers and staff. The School District’s police force has been busy. Between 2009…
read moreLos Angeles Mortgage Fraud Arrests
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Mortgage fraud is one of those terms that people use without fully understanding what it is. In the wake of the bursting of the housing bubble in 2008, the media started to focus on mortgages that ended up in foreclosure. In…
read moreGladys R. Hearing: When Young Children Are Accused of California Crimes
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Police officers in Milledgeville, Georgia arrested and handcuffed a six-year old who was throwing a tantrum in her kindergarten class. Not surprisingly, the arrest received national media attention. Could this happen in California? Perhaps. Nothing prevents school officials from calling…
read moreThe School to Prison Pipeline
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The BBC World Service has produced an excellent audio documentary about how the public school system in Texas criminalizes petty student misbehavior. Perhaps the most eye-opening moment is when a young teen describes how security officers repeatedly issued misdemeanor citations to…
read moreCalifornia’s Child Molestation Law: Giant Statute of Limitations Loophole
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The recent arrest of a former Modesto teacher highlights just how treacherous California’s statute of limitation law can be regarding allegations of molesting a minor. Christopher James Hooker, 41, is, to state the obvious, not a sympathetic figure. He left…
read moreHate Crimes Confusion in Los Angeles
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Los Angeles, if you believe the statistics, has very few hate crimes. In a city with a population of almost 4 million, the FBI reported that in 2010 fewer than 200 crimes constituted hate crimes. This figure is almost certainly…
read morePolice Dogs Sniffing For Drugs Are Surprisingly Unreliable
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
As a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles, I see firsthand how dogs can be used to prevent a wide array of people from being treated justly. Before going any further, let’s get something out of the way: I love…
read moreTeens Using Water Pistols
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A recent arrest from Modesto, California shows how water pistols have come to the attention of law enforcement personnel. Several high school students decided to play a game of assassin (sometimes called senior assassin). It involves chasing each other in…
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