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Three Bodies Found in Balboa Island Home

The bodies of two women and a man were found inside a Balboa Island home in Newport Beach today, and another man at the home was rushed to a hospital.

Report: Blacks Seven-Times More Likely than Whites to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

“From their very first interaction with the police, to being arrested, booked, charged, convicted, and sentenced, Black people are discriminated against and disproportionately criminalized at every stage of the criminal justice system,” according to the Innocence Project report, #BlackBehindBars: Sparking a conversation on the Black wrongful conviction experience in the U.S.

Man Charged with Homeless Woman’s Murder

A 22-year-old man was charged Wednesday January 3, with capital murder for the killing of a 76-year-old transient woman — a former soul singer — on New Year’s Day in Santa Ana.

An Incarcerated Woman’s Journey to ‘A New Way of Life’

Imagine having one of your children killed in an accident by a police officer, as a result you begin self-medicating and experience what it is like to be incarcerated. When you are ready to stand on your feet, there aren’t any resources or services in your community. What are you going to do? A New Way of Life Re-entry Project (ANOWL) founder Susan Burton, didn’t have to imagine, she lived it. “Following the death of my son, I medicated my grief and pain with alcohol and it progressed to illegal drugs and I was incarcerated for it,” said Burton. “Every