Criminal Sentencing Data
| Submitted | May 31, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | June 26, 2019 |
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From: Tim Urian
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
A data set of criminal sentences given in Los Angeles County (all judgments imposed by the court on people that have been found guilty) for the period of time that the data are digitally available, with all related data points that are digitally accessible and legally available.
Specific data points of interest are:
- Type of sentence issued
- Length of sentence
- Sentencing date
- Broad offense type of charge (name of offense, legal chapter and act)
- Information about charges
- Judge who issued the sentence
- Law enforcement agency associated with the arrest
- Age of defendant (and any other allowable demographic information)
- Defendant's prior sentence information, if applicable
Our goal is to know more about criminal sentences in our county. If you require a more specific request, please share the digitally available fields/data points available for this type of data.
We look forward to working with you to fulfill this request.
We work with the Los Angeles chapter of Code for America, a non profit organization bringing technologists and government closer together.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Tim Urian
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 31, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Los Angeles County District Attorney
Good afternoon,
Attached is a response to your California Public Records Act request dated May 31, 2019.
Thank you
Sincerely,
[Denise's Signature]
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 31, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 26, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Los Angeles County District Attorney
Dear Mr. Urian,
Attached is our response to your PRA request. Please feel free to contact me at the number below for assistance in putting together a request to permit you to receive the information that you are seeking.
Regards,
Ruth Low
Ruth Low
Special Assistant
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
211 W. Temple Street, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Direct: 213-257-3004
Email: rlow@da.lacounty.gov
From: Tim Urian
Thank you for your reply!
My partner for this project and I would love to discuss how we can scope this request to make it workable.
Would it be possible to hop on the phone later this week? Maybe Thursday or Friday afternoon?
Best,
Tim Urian
From: Los Angeles County District Attorney
Hello, Mr. Urian
I would be happy to speak to you about making your request a workable one.
Unfortunately, I am out of the office this Thursday and Friday afternoon. How about next week, between Monday and Wednesday?
Regards,
Ruth Low
Ruth Low
Special Assistant
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
211 W. Temple Street, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Direct: 213-257-3004
Email: rlow@da.lacounty.gov
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From: Tim Urian
Anytime Monday afternoon would be great if you're available.
Best,
Tim Urian
From: Los Angeles County District Attorney
Sounds good.
Regards,
Ruth Low
Ruth Low
Special Assistant
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
211 W. Temple Street, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Direct: 213-257-3004
Email: rlow@da.lacounty.gov
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From: Tim Urian
Excellent, we'll call you at 213-257-3004 at 1p Monday.
Best,
Tim
From: Los Angeles County District Attorney
Is that 1 p.m. Pacific Standard Time? Or is it Eastern Standard Time?
I have another appointment at 3:30 p.m. PST.
Thanks,
Ruth Low
Ruth Low
Special Assistant
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
211 W. Temple Street, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Direct: 213-257-3004
Email: rlow@da.lacounty.gov
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From: Tim Urian
That would luckily be 1p PST
-Tim
From: Tim Urian
Hi Ruth,
Just want to confirm we are all good for our call at 1pm PST today.
Best,
Tim Urian
From: Los Angeles County District Attorney
Yes, we are.
Thank you.
Ruth Low
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