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Essays drawn from three decades inside America's largest local prosecutor's office — on reform that holds, the long road for women in law, mental health and the courts, and the quiet decisions that define a career.

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Social Media Impersonation: A Prosecutor's Framework for Removal — Lacey Counsel

Social Media Impersonation: A Prosecutor's Framework for Removal.

Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025 — an eightfold increase since 2020. Effective fake-account removal is no longer reputational housekeeping. It is risk management — and increasingly, legal practice. The seven enforceable rights, properly pleaded together.

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Reddit Removal: A Prosecutor's Framework — Lacey Counsel

Reddit Removal: A Prosecutor's Framework for Posts, Subreddits & Anonymous Accounts

Reddit handled 69,154 DMCA notices in H2 2025. Three tiers, seven theories, one Section 230 boundary — the full architecture for fake-account, defamation, and subreddit takedowns.

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The Quiet Reform: How Conviction Review Units Earn Public Trust

The most important reform a prosecutor can announce is the one that holds her own past work to the same standard as everyone else's.

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Five Things Every Crime Victim Should Know About Their Rights

A short, practical guide to the support, services, and legal rights available to victims of violent crime in California — written for the people who need it most.

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Reflections from USC Gould — Distinguished Speaker Series

Remarks delivered at my alma mater on the role of prosecutors in repairing public trust, and what the next generation of lawyers owes the system they're inheriting.

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Twenty Years After: Reflections on Prosecuting Hate Crimes in Los Angeles

From the first race-based hate-crime murder conviction in LA County to today's quieter, deeper work — what's changed, what hasn't, and what the next two decades demand.

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The Case for Crisis Intervention Training in Every Department

CIT is the single highest-leverage investment a city can make in the safety of both officers and the people they encounter on the worst day of their lives. Here's why.

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