PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR SERIES: Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit Deborah Gonzalez Announces Criminal Justice Reforms
By Lauren Smith GEORGIA – Deborah Gonzalez, the first Latina DA in Georgia and first female Puerto…
In Light of Coronavirus, CA Sen. Nancy Skinner Condemns CCPOA’s ‘Offensive’ Decision to Attend Gathering in Las Vegas
By Kelly Moran SACRAMENTO – California State Sen. Nancy Skinner called the California Correctional Peace Officers Association’s…
The Vanguard Week in Review: Court Watch (Jan. 4, 2021 – Jan. 8, 2021)
Assembled by Evie Sun The Vanguard is an online news forum that provides coverage of criminal…
Defendant Faces $1 Million Bail After Girl Tells Grandma Stepdad Molested Her
By Roxanna Jarvis SACRAMENTO – After a preliminary hearing went sideways here in Sacramento County Superior Court…
Judge Rules Officer Right, Even If He Is Wrong – Accepts Prosecution Claim Driver Illegally Used High Beams
By Kathryn Wood and Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Tami R. Bogert Friday…
Student Opinion: Pharmacist Arrested for Spoiling Coronavirus Vaccines
By Jose Orozco Last Thursday, a pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital was arrested for tampering with over…
My View: A Real Dereliction of Duty
By David M. Greenwald As stunning as the events were at the Capitol this week, there is…
COVID-19 OUTBREAK: Sac County Jails Ordered by Superior Court to Release Detainees – But Only Handful, Not Nearly Enough, Charge Critics
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge here has…
Guest Commentary: 50 Years Into the War on Drugs, Biden-Harris can Fix the Harm It Created
The war on drugs has failed, and Americans on the right and left are ready for it…
PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR SERIES: Philly Progressive Prosecutor Larry Krasner Turns Heads and Receives Backlash
By Alana Bleimann and Sally Kim PHILADELPHIA – Declared a “rogue” and “radical” prosecutor by many, Larry…
Los Angeles County DA Gascón – Despite Critics – Determined to End Cash Bail System
By Tanya Decendario LOS ANGELES – District Attorney George Gascón is determined to end the unjust money…
Mother Stays Out of Jail, Man Keeps Home as Sacramento Deputy DA Agrees to Withdraw Requests
By Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – In Sacramento County Superior Court this week, Deputy District Attorney Frederick Gotha…
Car Passenger Not in Trouble, Until Allegedly Lied about Name, and Found with Lots of Drugs
By Dalia Bautista Rodriguez SACRAMENTO – Defendant David Breech wasn’t in trouble. At least not at first—he…
Student Opinion: Racial Disparities Behind the Breach at Capitol Hill
By Susana Jurado United States history was made on Wednesday afternoon when for the first time since…
Council Asked to Extend Respite Center for Another Year
By David M. Greenwald With homelessness soaring in Davis and more people living on the streets in…
Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest
The following is a letter sent to Superintendent John Bowes and the Trustees in support of the…
National Lawyers Guild-Sacramento Condemns DC Capitol Attack by Trump White Supremacists; Blames Police for ‘Double Standard’
SACRAMENTO – The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Sacramento Chapter has condemned the attack on the U.S. Capitol…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 87 – Jessica Pishko and Holding Sheriffs Accountable
Everyday Injustice features Jessica Pishko, a writer, lawyer, and consultant who focuses on sheriff accountability and jail…
Vallejo, Sacramento ‘100 Black Men’ Forum Discuss ‘How Can We Establish Trust in Law Enforcement?’
By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Community leaders Kori McCoy, Jamilia Land, Mike Gipson, Joe Ested, Ryan Harrison,…
Blacks Stopped Most in 2020, Charges California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board
By Danae Snell SACRAMENTO — Millions of people worldwide marched the streets in 2020 during a deadly…