Law Offices of Lisa A. Kopelman

11/06/2025

This man did not commit a crime . He was here legally. Do not become complacent.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQr-3aYkrZi/?img_index=18&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

10/07/2025

Despite the president’s claims, the South American country is nowhere close to being the US’s biggest drug supplier

08/14/2025

BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he is moving forward with putting proposed new congressional maps for the state on the ballot on a Nov. 4 special election in an attempt to "punch back" Republican mid-decade redistricting in Texas. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/Sk4XWe

03/16/2025

https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/02/25/californias-prop-36-came-without-funding-now-lawmakers-have-to-find-money-for-it/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1P4vOmXVd6qmkQT4FARaafopKDZCEuQsos4gyowoTDEdIw2R2bw3s9vsY_aem_c0ZZFe-yDnHEF3A7Fg8tfA

The ballot measure raises penalties for drug and theft-related crimes. It also puts a strain on behavioral health treatment, law enforcement and courts.

06/01/2024

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-01/fontana-police-coerced-false-murder-confession-with-lies

Thomas Perez Jr. contacted police after his elderly father went missing. Soon after, he would be falsely accused of murder and locked in a psych ward, because police tricked him into believing he was a killer.

04/20/2024

04/08/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/04/new-jersey-prisons-deaths-preventable

Exclusive: a Guardian investigation finds that inmates who died of preventable conditions were deemed malingerers and ‘time wasters’

04/08/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/opinion/texas-florida-crystal-mason.html

What happened to Crystal Mason in Texas could have broader consequences in chilling people’s willingness to exercise their right to vote.

03/19/2024

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/gideon-60

Attorney General Merrick B.

03/19/2024

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/pennsylvania-public-defender-office-funding-20240314.html

Appropriating $7.5 million, and a promise of $2.5 million more in the next budget, PA now funds indigent defense. Only South Dakota does not provide statewide funding for indigent public defense,

02/02/2024

https://www.ocregister.com/2024/02/01/orange-county-district-attorney-todd-spitzers-nolainoc-judges-list/?utm_email=A4043419C481049E44F5D480FD&active=yesD&lctg=A4043419C481049E44F5D480FD&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ocregister.com%2F2024%2F02%2F01%2Forange-county-district-attorney-todd-spitzers-nolainoc-judges-list%2F&utm_campaign=scng-ocr-localist&utm_content=curated&fbclid=IwAR1nl8E48xWS73ikni0F4GO8OVQkwmeo7I6fnPUbbygSzpnbKMvjcX6G77U_aem_AUynzCHkDk_Wyg88Z9uRK1PZmvhStjobTWmntfVIqrGeiK04LAYu6ETIIDVExxIfKvw

Judges wield incredible power, but that power pales in comparison to the power we have as voters