Press Play with Madeleine Brand
LA Courts are in session despite COVID outbreaks
Despite massive restrictions on businesses and restaurants for fear of spreading COVID, Los Angeles Superior Court is still holding some in-person sessions for evictions and traffic trials.
By Madeleine Brand • • 16m ListenDespite massive restrictions on businesses and restaurants for fear of spreading COVID, Los Angeles Superior Court is still holding some in-person sessions for evictions and traffic trials.
Just last month, three LA County Superior Court staff members died of the virus. Hundreds of court employees and several judges have tested positive, putting scores of other court attendees at potential risk of infection.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Matt Hamilton
LA Times investigative reporter
Begonya De Salvo
full-time court interpreter at the Criminal Justice Center in Downtown LA
Laurie Levenson
Professor of Criminal Law at Loyola Law School; former federal prosecutor