By Susana Jurado SACRAMENTO – There are all sorts of weapons defendants here in Sacramento County Superior Court have been accused of using to cause mayhem, injury and de...
By Larkin White Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of July 18, there are 101 active COVID-19 cases in Santa Rita Jail (SRJ), more than double the total number of r...
By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 11th – July 18th) The total number of confirmed cases is still 0 in both Solano County Jail and Solano County Juvenile Detention Fa...
By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag California firefighting forces are still lacking in numbers after four CDCR fire camps had quarantine extended. As d...
By Anna Judson and Ariella Seidman-Parra SAN FRANCISCO – Since the San Francisco County jail began testing arrestees at Jail #1, also known as the Intake & R...
It has been a month and a half since the Planning Commission rejected the proposed University Commons Redevelopment Project by a unanimous 7-0 vote. The proposed project...
In early June, the Yolo County Public Defenders had a march in front of the Yolo Courthouse to emphasize the unequal access to justice that Black and Brown people have in...
By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider AUSTIN—After a contentious primary run-off election in the Austin District Attorney race, José Garza, a former public defender, defeated incumbe...
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are app...
‘Significant Witness Credibility Issues,’ Recantation Frees Man 34 Years Later By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving his time, defendant Nicholas Warren finally got hi...
By Evelyn Valerio SACRAMENTO – Glaynne Tuatonga didn’t have a whole lot of choices at his pretrial hearing here in Sacramento County Superior Court last week. He was giv...
By Anna Judson MERCED – “I do not know a Carlos Chavez,” said a mother here last week in Merced County Superior Court, challenging official paperwork that apparently misi...
As it turned out the school board was not going to have much choice—but nevertheless during a special meeting on Friday morning, the DJUSD Board of Education and Superint...
(Saturday Morning Update) On Friday evening, Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a statement announcing that the California Department of Justice (DOJ) is stepping in...
By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou Portland, OR – Across the nation officials are demanding that federal authorities, who claim they are acting to bring order to Portland, leave—with loc...
How governors respond to this pandemic will define their legacy. They all face a choice: save lives in prisons now, or hand down potential death sentences with their inac...
Prosecutor’s “Hearsay” Evidence Causes Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – A robbery-gone-wrong resulted in four injured victims, one burned victim, and one h...
By Nick Domenici LOS ANGELES – In downtown Los Angeles, crowds have been gathering every Wednesday for the past two and a half years, chanting loudly, “Jackie Lacey must...
By Greg Walton SACRAMENTO – If you were one of the brave people who took a trip to the Sacramento County Superior Courthouse in downtown Sacramento this week—whether you...
By Anna Okada FRESNO – COVID-19 has disrupted the nation’s normal activities, including the that of the courts. That included this week here in Fresno County Superior Cou...