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LOS ANGELES — When California enacted landmark criminal justice reforms several years ago, inmates and their families saw a chance at freedom. Aaron Spolin saw a business opportunity. After the
LOS ANGELES — Through his arrest, at age 19, for a murder in South L.A., through the trial where he received a sentence of 72 years to life, and through
Aaron Spolin advertises himself as 'California’s top-ranked habeas attorney,' but The Times found that his firm failed to conduct the work required.
A Times investigation found that Aaron Spolin built a booming enterprise by fanning false hopes in some families desperate to get their loved ones home.
William_Potter/Getty Images A national survey of likely voters shows that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a slight dip in the perceived value of higher education. Third Way, a center-left think tank, and Global Strategy Group, a public affairs and research firm, surveyed 1,000 voters to get a sense of how the pandemic has affected public opinion of postsecondary education. The survey oversampled Black and Latinx likely voters, as well as institutional leaders. The confidence interval is plus or minus 3.1 percent. Most survey respondents rated the return on investment of a degree after high scho...