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Keri Blakinger

@keribla.bsky.social

Reporter: LA Times. Author: Corrections in Ink. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
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As I said elsewhere, I was busy all day, but congratulations to those recognized by the Pulitzers on Monday, especially the Pro Publica team that broke all of that SCOTUS ethics news, feature finalist @keribla.bsky.social, and commentary finalist @brianlyman.bsky.social! All great journos!
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In 1997, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department "made up" evidence against 2 teens to pin a murder on them. When the real killer - who later confessed - killed again LAPD pinned THAT murder on yet someone else. By @keribla.bsky.social
They were wrongfully convicted as teens. Now L.A. County is paying them $24 millionwww.latimes.com L.A. County will pay $27 million to settle shooting, wrongful conviction lawsuits against Sheriff’s Department
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To felons in jail and those who have been pardoned, the renewed questions swirling around Donald Trump's indictments resonated in deeply personal ways. We spoke to these criminals about their thoughts on crime and the presidency.
To voters in their 70s and 80s, the renewed questions swirling around President Biden’s age and fitness resonated in deeply personal ways. We spoke to older voters about their thoughts on age and the presidency.
Other 80-Somethings Have Thoughts About Age and the Presidencywww.nytimes.com President Biden’s age has once again become a talking point in national politics. Many older Americans agree that it’s an issue; others feel it’s insulting.
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At least it is easy to know where to find the pigs
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I am very, very grateful to people I admire like @keribla.bsky.social, Maurice Chammah and Dan Sharfstein for taking the time to read the book and vouch for it.
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Happy holiday weekend from Securus lmao no
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I wrote to someone on death row who I'd never corresponded with before, and I started off by introducing myself -- and this is the response I got 💔
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Last year a man came to jail medical staff w/stomach problems. They gave him antacids & sent him back to his unit He got sicker for days - bc it turns out he had hepatitis A A new report analyzes what happened & how the jail vaxxed >1500 ppl to avoid an outbreak. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Hepatitis A scare at Men's Central Jail led to more than 1,500 vaccinationswww.latimes.com An ailing inmate worker in the kitchen at Men’s Central Jail unwittingly exposed thousands of detainees to hepatitis A before medical staff discovered what was wrong with him, triggering a vaccination...
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Happy they-used-to-order-everyone-pizza-in-jail day to all those who celebrate. I understand some people call this Super Bowl but I call it "one time they gave us edible food." www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-m...
In prison, the Super Bowl is the best holidaywww.houstonchronicle.com On every other day, it's easy to think about what you're missing. But the Super Bowl is...
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My brother was in LA, so I took yesterday off to hang out with him and we… spent ten hours quietly working next to each other. Stopped to discuss how our parents really overdid it with instilling work ethic in their kids to the point that we both feel guilty relaxing. Then worked some more.
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Thanks so much to @keribla.bsky.social for this wonderful profile and interview about our book Death in Custody in the @latimes.com. Things are a bit, uh..., complicated there, so it took some time for it to come out! www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Every year, 1000s of Houstonians are sent to jail with no legal basis under - ever since Kim Ogg took over the DA’s office in 2016. Really alarming story, thoroughly reported: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/da-kim-ogg-tossed-cases-legal-basis-18623100.php
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New: A Los Angeles attorney has filed a petition asking the state to decertify Undersheriff April Tardy as a peace officer for alleged dishonesty during her testimony last year about deputy gangs www.latimes.com/california/s...
Petition seeks to decertify Undersheriff April Tardy for alleged dishonestywww.latimes.com An L.A. attorney is asking the state to decertify Undersheriff April Tardy over inconsistencies in her testimony about deputy gangs.
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A second ex-LASD deputy was sentenced to federal prison today after abducting and framing a skateboarder in Compton in 2020. In a victim impact statement, Jesus Alegria had words for the former deputies: “What goes around comes around," he wrote. www.latimes.com/california/s...
2nd former L.A. deputy sentenced to federal prison for abducting Compton skateboarderwww.latimes.com Christopher Hernandez received an 18-month sentence for conspiring to violate the civil rights of a 23-year-old man who yelled at him and his ex-partner to stop picking on a group of teens at a park.
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Thank you to everyone who reached out today. I am still here and still employed -- just heartbroken at what's happening to this newsroom and this industry Please support news. Whether it's us or a nonprofit or your hometown paper, subscribe donate read. Help us continue to exist. 💔
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The Trump campaign makes a move in a bid to make the candidate’s rape and defamation of E. Jean Carroll off limits for trail reporters to talk about.
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yes i'm death thanks for asking
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LASD has reported its third in-custody death for this year:
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New sheriffs’ gang just dropped.
NEW: A few months ago, we got a tip about a "new" deputy gang in the LA Sheriff's Department: The Industry Indians. We investigated - and here's what we know so far about the group, the men fired bc of it & the fight that brought it to light www.latimes.com/california/s...
A bowling alley, a boozy fight and allegations of a new deputy gang in Los Angeleswww.latimes.com Four L.A. County sheriff's deputies were fired and others were disciplined after a dispute involving members of a gang known as the Industry Indians.
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I got a new bracelet. It’s perfect. (Fuck off if you don’t agree.)
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NEW: A few months ago, we got a tip about a "new" deputy gang in the LA Sheriff's Department: The Industry Indians. We investigated - and here's what we know so far about the group, the men fired bc of it & the fight that brought it to light www.latimes.com/california/s...
A bowling alley, a boozy fight and allegations of a new deputy gang in Los Angeleswww.latimes.com Four L.A. County sheriff's deputies were fired and others were disciplined after a dispute involving members of a gang known as the Industry Indians.