Assemblymember Ash Kalra and SF Public Defender Mano Raju
Tecoy Porter speaks at the Vanguard Justice EventFrom right to left: David Greenwald, Mano Raju, Christina Sinha (Assistant Federal Defender), Brian Hofer (Secure Justice), Jerome Price (Chief Assistant Federal Defender), Hammad Alan (Staff Attorney, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Mano RajuEllen Eggers – Lifetime Achievement Award WinnerJames King – Ella Baker CenterEmily Galvin-Almanza – Partners For JusticeJarrett Adams – Attorney and ExonereeMano Raju
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has opened a new detention facility in California's Central Valley, increasing the total number of immigration detention centers in the state to eight, and raising concerns about the rapid expansion and conditions inside the facilities.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with wire fraud, false statements and conspiracy to commit money laundering, alleging that the organization secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to people associated with various violent extremist groups.
Chadwick "Khalil" Willacy was executed by the State of Florida for a 1990 murder, despite legal challenges alleging the state's lethal injection protocol lacked "safety and efficacy", and his claims were denied by the Supreme Court.
A proposal to convert Alcatraz Island back into a functioning federal prison is being criticized by criminal justice advocates, who argue that the plan would divert attention and resources from more urgent issues facing the nation's correctional system.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and advocates have reported that the Everglades detention center is overcrowded, lacks privacy, and detainees are subjected to physical mistreatment, with guards cutting off phone access and detainees being beaten, pepper-sprayed, and held in direct sunlight without water.
