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    Which Way, L.A.?

    The City of LA Pays Millions to Wrongfully Convicted Men

    The City of Los Angeles will pay $24 million for the wrongful murder convictions of two men who spent years of their lives in prison because of proven misconduct by the LAPD. The City Attorney says going to court would cost even more.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 21, 2016 • 24m Listen

    The City of Los Angeles will pay $24 million for the wrongful murder convictions of two men who spent years of their lives in prison because of proven misconduct by the LAPD. The City Attorney says going to court would cost even more.

    Later on the program, California's Republican Party is a shadow of what it was when WWLA first went on the air 23 years ago. Its dramatic decline resulted, in part, from perceived hostility toward Latinos. Are GOP presidential candidates now leading the national party in a familiar direction?

    Photo: Kash Delano Register (C) with his mother, Wilma Register, and former prison library clerk Keith Chandler as he leaves prison on November 9, 2013.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Christine Detz

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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